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CVE-2026-74602: Linux kernel ring buffer can free memory incorrectly
CVE-2026-74602 · published 2 months ago
Summary
The Linux kernel versions used in several Canonical cloud images have a bug where the system forgets the size of a memory block in a ring‑buffer. When that block is released, the kernel may use the wrong size, which can lead to unstable behavior or crashes. Update to the latest kernel packages for the affected images to apply the fix.
What to do
- Update debian linux to version 6.12.105-1.
- Update debian linux to version 7.1.9-1.
- Update debian linux-6.12 to version 6.12.107-1~deb12u1.
- Update bellsoft linux-lts to version 6.12.111-r0.
- Update bellsoft linux-lts to version 6.18.46-r0.
- Update linux kernel to version 7.1.9.
Affected software
| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke-4.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-edge | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-intel-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.10 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.6 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-allwinner-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.8 | All versions |
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| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-ibm-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-intel-iot-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.1 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-starfive-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-starfive-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-starfive-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-nvidia | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-ibm | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-lowlatency | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-tegra | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-xilinx | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-bluefield | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-ibm | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-bos | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv | All versions |
| – | linux | linux |
< 2e37f2bf111429fbfa4d985b12df3ba496ca70aa 6.8 < 7c620d89bae1a926ab7d626600285d3516c9f3c4 |
| Debian:13 | debian | linux |
< 6.12.105-1 Fix: upgrade to 6.12.105-1
|
| Debian:14 | debian | linux |
< 7.1.9-1 Fix: upgrade to 7.1.9-1
|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp | All versions |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-edge | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-edge | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux | All versions |
| Debian:12 | debian | linux-6.12 |
< 6.12.107-1~deb12u1 Fix: upgrade to 6.12.107-1~deb12u1
|
| Alpaquita:25 | bellsoft | linux-lts |
>= 6.12.103-r0, < 6.12.111-r0 Fix: upgrade to 6.12.111-r0
|
| Alpaquita:stream | bellsoft | linux-lts |
>= 6.18.43-r0, < 6.18.46-r0 Fix: upgrade to 6.18.46-r0
|
| Linux | linux | kernel |
>= 6.19.0, < 7.1.9 Fix: upgrade to 7.1.9
|
Original advisory text
ring-buffer: Initialise reader page order in rb_allocate_cpu_buffer()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ring-buffer: Initialise reader page order in rb_allocate_cpu_buffer() In rb_allocate_cpu_buffer(), bpage->order was omitted, leaving it as 0. This is an issue for a ring-buffer with subbufs bigger than PAGE_SIZE if when freed: free_buffer_page() relies on this value. Align the value with the actual allocation size (buffer::subbuf_order).
References
- https://docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2026-74602 Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e37f2bf111429fbfa4d985b12df3ba496ca70aa URL
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b3e0a6ee5bb3ac000f135beef26b2b7ed1a771a URL
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d014e44b68ddd43f71288d2a4dbb1a259869149 URL
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-74602 Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c620d89bae1a926ab7d626600285d3516c9f3c4 URL
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-74602 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/74xxx/CVE-2026-74602... Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74602 Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git Product
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74602 Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/6d014e44b68ddd43f71288d2a4dbb1a259869149 Third Party Advisory
Timeline
Published22 Aug 2026
Updated28 Oct 2026
First seen22 Aug 2026
Sources
CVE-2026-74602 · NVD
CVE-2026-74602 · MITRE
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74602 · OSV
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74602 · OSV
BELL-CVE-2026-74602 · OSV
CVE-2026-74602 · OSV
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