CVE-2026-74279

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: cavium/cpt - fix DMA cleanup using wrong loop index The sg_cleanup error path used list[i] instead of list[j] when unmapping DMA buffers, leaking successfully mapped entries and repeatedly unmapping the failed one.

CVSS v3 10.0 CRITICAL

10.0^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23c6174e48f66fc10b998b0acdb406cb0caf5c80
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23d3a7e896a1fe2d7a6bcb42f093948b79f8a198
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28141f95ae93b18f9bfde953cb787fcb151fb9da
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b8a1e1f4e4071a62b20374028744e8cc8310d48
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8afd1007ef79898a6e010eaade97097e49405fce
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dbf173bd32d5f81b005008b682bfb50aa093455
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d319b83b97b3585550d9ae592dfa78c755b6129e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb4d57b83356d4bd411b45ede3024e0ff42c9b5e

Configurations

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History

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Information

Published : 2026-08-15 06:22

Updated : 2026-08-17 06:19

NVD link : CVE-2026-74279

Mitre link : CVE-2026-74279

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-74279

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Products Affected

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CWE

No CWE.

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