{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-74391 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-74391 is a memory corruption 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-2026-74391 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-74391 is a memory corruption 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-2026-74391 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-2026-74391/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-74391/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-74391","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-74391/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-74391","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2026-74391","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74391","GHSA-853c-pg29-mfgr","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74391"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel tracing","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A buffer overflow in Linux kernel tracing allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via crafted synthetic field strings.","user_interaction":"not_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\ntracing: Bound synthetic-field strings with seq_buf\n\nThe synthetic field helpers build a prefixed synthetic variable name and\na generated hist command in fixed MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL buffers. The\ncurrent code appends those strings with raw strcat(), so long key lists,\nfield names, or saved filters can run past the end of the staging\nbuffers.\n\nBuild both strings with seq_buf and propagate -E2BIG if either the\nsynthetic variable name or the generated command exceeds\nMAX_FILTER_STR_VAL. This keeps the existing tracing-side limit while\nusing the helper intended for bounded command construction.\n\n[ sdr: Moved struct seq_buf *s for upside-down x-mas tree formatting ]","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":"tracing: Bound synthetic-field strings with seq_buf","id":"CVE-2026-74391","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"memory_corruption","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"dm: limit target bio polling to one shot","id":"CVE-2026-74392"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"RDMA/irdma: Fix out-of-bounds write in irdma_copy_user_pgaddrs","id":"CVE-2026-74390"},"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 buffer overflow in Linux kernel tracing allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via crafted synthetic field strings.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-74391/"}