{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-74740 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-74740 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 26 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-2026-74740 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-74740 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 26 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-2026-74740 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-2026-74740/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-74740/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-74740","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-74740/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-74740","record":{"aliases":["AZL-97746","BELL-CVE-2026-74740","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74740","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74740"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A race condition in the Linux kernel traffic control API allows local attackers to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and cause a system crash.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"race_condition"},"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\nnet/sched: act_api: fix TOCTOU NULL deref on a-\u003egoto_chain\n\ntcf_action_exec() handles TC_ACT_GOTO_CHAIN by first checking\nrcu_access_pointer(a-\u003egoto_chain) and then calling\ntcf_action_goto_chain_exec(), which does a second, independent\nrcu_dereference_bh(a-\u003egoto_chain) read and immediately dereferences\nchain-\u003efilter_chain. A concurrent tcf_action_set_ctrlact() (e.g. the gact\nreplace path) can clear a-\u003egoto_chain between the two reads, so the second\nread returns NULL and tcf_action_goto_chain_exec() dereferences NULL.\n\nFix the race by doing a single rcu_dereference_bh() read of a-\u003egoto_chain\nin tcf_action_exec(), checking it once for NULL, and passing the resulting\nchain pointer into tcf_action_goto_chain_exec(). This turns the split\ncheck/use into a single check/use on one value.","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":"net/sched: act_api: fix TOCTOU NULL deref on a-\u003egoto_chain","id":"CVE-2026-74740","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"race_condition","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"net: ngbe: fix NULL pointer dereference in non-MSI-X interrupt enabling","id":"CVE-2026-74741"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"net/sched: cls_u32: skip hash tables in u32_bind_class()","id":"CVE-2026-74739"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-08-26","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":"2026-08-26","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A race condition in the Linux kernel traffic control API allows local attackers to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and cause a system crash.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-74740/"}