CVE-2026-74743Patch

LOWCVSS 9.8 · CRITICAL

Signal is active with 2 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: macvlan: inherit needed_headroom and needed_tailroom from lowerdev macvlan devices inherit hard_header_len from lowerdev during macvlan_init(), but leave needed_headroom and needed_tailroom set to 0. When the underlying lowerdev requires extra headroom or tailroom for headers/trailers (e.g. macsec, ipsec, wireguard, tunnels, or veth with rx headroom), upper layers calculating packet headroom and tailroom fail to reserve sufficient space. This can result in reallocation overhead, skb headroom underflows, or KASAN slab-use-after-free crashes when dev_hard_header() / macvlan_hard_header() prepends header data or when lower devices append tailroom. Fix this by: 1. Inheriting needed_headroom and needed_tailroom from lowerdev in macvlan_init(). 2. Propagating needed_headroom and needed_tailroom updates to attached macvlans in macvlan_device_event() when receiving NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE events.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

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

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
  • Technical details provided in 2 signals
  • 2 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 1d
01122Mentions · 2026-08-29: 2Patch / Workaround · 2026-08-29: 1Technical Details · 2026-08-29: 208-29
Signal classification1 categories
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  • Infoflowcloud@infoflowcloud
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    🚨*CVE* CVE-2026-74743 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macvlan: inherit needed_headroom and needed_tailroom from lowerdev macvlan devices inherit hard_… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74743 ----- Traducción: CVE-2026-74743 En … https://infoflow.cloud`

    Post summary

    The tweet announces that CVE-2026‑74743, a macvlan kernel vulnerability, has been fixed, but it does not provide patch details, exploit code, or evidence of active exploitation.

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  • CVE@CVEnew
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    CVE-2026-74743 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macvlan: inherit needed_headroom and needed_tailroom from lowerdev macvlan devices inherit hard_… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74743

    Post summary

    The CVE-2026-74743 in the Linux kernel, affecting macvlan device inheritance, has been fixed with a patch, as indicated by the statement that the issue has been resolved.

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