{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-74720 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-74720 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux, published on 22 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-2026-74720 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-74720 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux, published on 22 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-2026-74720 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-2026-74720/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-74720/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-74720","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-74720/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-74720","record":{"aliases":["AZL-97209","BELL-CVE-2026-74720","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74720","GHSA-6hg3-qqfj-f5ww","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74720"],"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 BPF","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A flaw in the Linux kernel BPF verifier mishandles pointer states during commuted arithmetic, potentially allowing memory corruption and privilege escalation.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"memory_corruption"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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\nbpf: Preserve pointer state for commuted arithmetic\n\nWhen scalar += pointer is handled in adjust_ptr_min_max_vals(), the\ndestination register inherits the pointer state from the source pointer.\nCopying only selected fields is fragile because pointer provenance is\ntracked by several bpf_reg_state fields.\n\nUse the caller's temporary offset register to preserve the scalar operand\nwhile replacing the destination with the full pointer state. This preserves\nthe frame number for PTR_TO_STACK registers and keeps parent identity\nfields consistent.","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":"bpf: Preserve pointer state for commuted arithmetic","id":"CVE-2026-74720","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":"accel/amxdna: Fix page-insertion errors in amdxdna_insert_pages()","id":"CVE-2026-74721"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"net/smc: fix qentry overwrite for CONFIRM_LINK and ADD_LINK_CONT in smc_llc_event_handler()","id":"CVE-2026-74719"},"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":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-16","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A flaw in the Linux kernel BPF verifier mishandles pointer states during commuted arithmetic, potentially allowing memory corruption and privilege escalation.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-74720/"}