CVE-2026-74279Patch

LOWCVSS 10.0 · CRITICAL

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

Patch affected systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: cavium/cpt - fix DMA cleanup using wrong loop index The sg_cleanup error path used list[i] instead of list[j] when unmapping DMA buffers, leaking successfully mapped entries and repeatedly unmapping the failed one.

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0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Other references

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

Patch or workaround signal is available
1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
Technical details provided in 1 signal
1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d

Signal classification1 categories

Patch

1100.0%

Referenced assets1 URL

By indicator

https://secalerts.co/vulnerability/CVE-2026-74279?utm_campaign=x

Full discourse1 post

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🐛 Linux kernel CVE-2026-74279 is critical (CVSS 10): Cavium CPT crypto driver uses wrong loop index (list[i] vs list[j]) in DMA cleanup, corrupting the sg_cleanup error path. Patch your kernel now. #cybersecurity #ciso #linux #vulnerabilities https://secalerts.co/vulnerability/CVE-2026-74279?utm_campaign=x https://t.co/fMPo3stORj
Post summary
The tweet discloses a critical CVE-2026-74279 affecting the Cavium CPT crypto driver, details a wrong loop index bug corrupting DMA cleanup, and urges Linux kernel users to patch immediately.
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