{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-74274 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-74274 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 15 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-74274 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-74274 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 15 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-74274 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-2026-74274/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-74274/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-74274","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-74274/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-74274","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74274","GHSA-xw27-v9cq-fc4v","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74274"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel CXL driver","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel CXL driver allows local attackers to cause a system crash via general protection faults.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"null_dereference"},"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\ncxl/region: Fill first free targets[] slot during auto-discovery\n\nAny invalid endpoint decoder pointer in the target array of an active\nregion is not allowed by cxl driver. This means cxl driver always\nassumes the first p-\u003enr_targets entries of the target array in an\nauto-assembly region are valid. However, there are scenarios that could\nleave NULL endpoint decoder pointer holes in the target array.\n\n1. When cxl_cancel_auto_attach() removes an endpoint decoder from a\n   target array, the target slot is set to NULL. If the removed endpoint\n   decoder is not the last element in the target array, the target array\n   will contain a NULL hole.\n\n2. When a auto-assembly region removes an assigned endpoint decoder, if\n   the removed endpoint decoder is not the last element in the target\n   array, always remains a NULL hole in the target array.\n\nWhen a NULL pointer hole exists in a region's target array, it\nintroduces two potential problems:\n1. Access an endpoint decoder via a NULL pointer. it always trigger\n   calltrace like that.\n    Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000008: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI\n    RIP: 0010:cxl_calc_interleave_pos+0x26/0x810 [cxl_core]\n    Call Trace:\n      \u003cTASK\u003e\n      cxl_region_attach+0xc50/0x2140 [cxl_core]\n      cxl_add_to_region+0x321/0x2330 [cxl_core]\n      discover_region+0x92/0x150 [cxl_port]\n      device_for_each_child+0xf3/0x170\n      cxl_port_probe+0x150/0x200 [cxl_port]\n      cxl_bus_probe+0x4f/0xa0 [cxl_core]\n      really_probe+0x1c8/0x960\n      __driver_probe_device+0x323/0x450\n      driver_probe_device+0x45/0x120\n      __device_attach_driver+0x15d/0x280\n      bus_for_each_drv+0x10f/0x190\n\n2. Not having enough valid endpoint decoders attached to an\n   auto-assembly region. if an auto-assembly region is created with lock\n   flag or assigned endpoint decoder with lock flag, which means\n   assigned endpoint decoder will not be reset during detaching, they\n   could re-attach to the auto-assembly region again. But cxl region\n   driver relies on p-\u003enr_targets to verify whether the required number\n   of endpoint decoders has been attached, and NULL endpoint decoder\n   pointers are still counted in that case.\n\nTo fix above issues, adjust cxl_region_attach_auto() logic to find the\nfirst free target slot for endpoint decoder attachment, this ensures\nNULL holes in the target array are filled, rather than adding new\nendpoint decoders at the tail of the target array.","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":"cxl/region: Fill first free targets[] slot during auto-discovery","id":"CVE-2026-74274","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"null_dereference","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"cxl/region: Fix out-of-bounds access in cxl_cancel_auto_attach()","id":"CVE-2026-74275"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"cxl/region: Block region delete during region creation","id":"CVE-2026-74273"},"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 null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel CXL driver allows local attackers to cause a system crash via general protection faults.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-74274/"}