{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72074 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-72074 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Linux, published on 15 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-72074 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-72074 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Linux, published on 15 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72074 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72074/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72074/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-72074","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72074/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-72074","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2026-72074","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72074","GHSA-cgj5-87r8-p5m2","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72074"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel driver","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A type confusion flaw in the Linux kernel's ims-pcu driver allows local attackers to overwrite interface data, potentially leading to privilege escalation or code execution.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"memory_corruption"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nInput: ims-pcu - fix type confusion in CDC union descriptor parsing\n\nThe driver currently trusts the bMasterInterface0 from the CDC union\ndescriptor without verifying that it matches the interface being\nprobed. This could lead to the driver overwriting the private data of\nanother interface.\n\nValidate that the control interface found in the descriptor is indeed\nthe one we are probing.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Input: ims-pcu - fix type confusion in CDC union descriptor parsing","id":"CVE-2026-72074","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"memory_corruption","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"Input: ims-pcu - fix race condition in reset_device sysfs callback","id":"CVE-2026-72075"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"mmc: vub300: fix use-after-free on probe failure","id":"CVE-2026-72073"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-08-15","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-17","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A type confusion flaw in the Linux kernel's ims-pcu driver allows local attackers to overwrite interface data, potentially leading to privilege escalation or code execution.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72074/"}