Out-of-Bounds Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [4.12,5.10.267)[5.11,5.15.216)[5.16,6.1.183)[6.2,6.6.152)[6.7,6.12.104)[6.13,6.18.45)[6.19,7.1.9)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-20814358
  • published11 Oct 2026
  • disclosed22 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-74650  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.10.267, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.152, 6.12.104, 6.18.45, 7.1.9 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds in the WMM_param_handler process. An attacker can trigger a read past the end of a memory buffer by sending a crafted vendor-specific information element with a WMM OUI and a length between 6 and 23 bytes in an association response or in the IE blob provided to join_cmd_hdl, leading to exposure of sensitive kernel memory. This is only exploitable if a remote peer sends a malformed WMM information element with insufficient length.

Note: The Linux kernel project assigns a CVE to every bug fix it ships, whether or not the bug has been shown to be exploitable. This advisory was generated from that process and has not been individually assessed for exploitability. See the kernel's CVE process documentation: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/cve.rst

CVSS Base Scores

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