{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-74588 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-74588 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 22 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-74588 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-74588 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 22 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-74588 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-2026-74588/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-74588/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-74588","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-74588/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-74588","record":{"aliases":["AZL-97232","BELL-CVE-2026-74588","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74588","GHSA-g275-m9xc-x5q2","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74588"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel SCTP","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A use-after-free in the Linux kernel SCTP implementation allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute code via crafted SACK packets.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsctp: keep chunk-\u003etransport in step with the list it is queued on\n\n__sctp_outq_flush_rtx() moves a gap-acked chunk onto another transport's\ntransmitted list without updating chunk-\u003etransport:\n\n\tif (chunk-\u003etsn_gap_acked) {\n\t\tlist_move_tail(\u0026chunk-\u003etransmitted_list,\n\t\t\t       \u0026transport-\u003etransmitted);\n\t\tcontinue;\n\t}\n\nThe chunk then sits on a live transport's list while chunk-\u003etransport still\nnames a different one.  If that transport is removed - sctp_assoc_rm_peer()\nfrom an ASCONF Delete-IP - sctp_transport_free() RCU-frees it and the chunk\nis left with a dangling pointer.  sctp_assoc_rm_peer() scrubs\npeer-\u003etransmitted and asoc-\u003eoutqueue.out_chunk_list, but the chunk is on\nneither.\n\nThe pointer is not followed while tsn_gap_acked is set.  A SACK that\nreneges on the TSN clears the flag, and the next SACK reaches\n\n\ttchunk-\u003etransport-\u003eflight_size -= sctp_data_size(tchunk);\n\ninside the freed transport.  KASAN reports a slab-use-after-free read in\nsctp_check_transmitted(), freed from sctp_assoc_rm_peer().  Both the\nremoval and the SACKs come from the association peer.\n\nSet chunk-\u003etransport at the move.  The ordinary resend path needs nothing:\nit reaches its list_move_tail() only after sctp_packet_append_chunk()\nreturned SCTP_XMIT_OK, and __sctp_packet_append_chunk() has rebound the\nchunk by then.\n\nDiscovered by XBOW, triaged by Baul Lee \u003cbaul.lee@xbow.com\u003e","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":"sctp: keep chunk-\u003etransport in step with the list it is queued on","id":"CVE-2026-74588","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"bpf, sockmap: Fix sk_redir use-after-free in send verdict","id":"CVE-2026-74589"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"sctp: fix use-after-free of cached ASCONF chunk","id":"CVE-2026-74587"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-08-22","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-16","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free in the Linux kernel SCTP implementation allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute code via crafted SACK packets.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-74588/"}