What is CVE-2026-74260?

CVE-2026-74260 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.16 onward and patched in 7.1.5 and 7.2-rc1. CVE-2026-74260 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-74260?

CVE-2026-74260 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-74260?

Yes, CVE-2026-74260 has been patched. Fixed versions include 7.1.5 and 7.2-rc1. If you are running Linux kernel 6.16 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2026-74260 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-74260 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-74260

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_dup_netdev: add nf_dev_xmit_recursion*() helpers and use them Update nft_dup and nft_fwd to use the nf_dev_xmit_recursion() helpers. This patch also disables BH when transmitting the skb to address a possible migration to different CPU leading to imbalanced decrementation of the recursion counters. This is modeled after Florian Westphal's dev_xmit_recursion*() API available since commit 97cdcf37b57e ("net: place xmit recursion in softnet data") according to its current state in the tree.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-08-15

Last modified 2026-08-15

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.16 and later are affected. Fixed in 7.1.5, 7.2-rc1 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.16

Fixed in

✓ 7.1.5 7.1.x ✓ 7.2-rc1

References

2 total

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-74260?

CVE-2026-74260 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.16 onward and has been patched in 7.1.5 and 7.2-rc1. CVE-2026-74260 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-74260?

Yes. CVE-2026-74260 has been patched. Fixed versions include 7.1.5 and 7.2-rc1. If you are running Linux kernel 6.16 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2026-74260 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2026-74260 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.