CVE-2026-74461

HIGHPre-NVD 8.48.4—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.4 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-15. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
8.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.4Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

i2c: imx: Cancel hrtimer before clearing slave pointer

In i2c_imx_unreg_slave(), the slave pointer is set to NULL after disabling interrupts. However, a pending interrupt might already have started the hrtimer (i2c_imx_slave_timeout) before the pointer was cleared. If the hrtimer fires after i2c_imx->slave is set to NULL, the timer callback i2c_imx_slave_finish_op() will call i2c_imx_slave_event() with a NULL slave pointer, which results in a use-after-free / NULL pointer dereference.

Fix by canceling the hrtimer and waiting for it to complete after disabling interrupts, before clearing the slave pointer.

CVSS v3
8.4
EG Score
8.4(high)
EG Risk
42(Track)
EG Risk 42/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity84% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 15, 2026

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Aug 17, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

i2c: imx: Cancel hrtimer before clearing slave pointer - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dab4762ee7f3fd0a01980d5407ba48d0261d3bff
generic

i2c: imx: Cancel hrtimer before clearing slave pointer - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/affd62f5719a78135b7441aa49c8cab3c3b5e838
generic

i2c: imx: Cancel hrtimer before clearing slave pointer - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8a1f9ac3d763e721586f15479ef9140b216ddf3
generic

i2c: imx: Cancel hrtimer before clearing slave pointer - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/753060f2b77ff2f386addbd3ecadb95b9f90cddd
generic

i2c: imx: Cancel hrtimer before clearing slave pointer - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ac7702b6cc2b94aaed9ef2d95bfbefcdc90061f

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-74461(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 30× in last 7d / 30× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 19:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 06:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 17:37 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-19 17:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-19 16:46 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-19 16:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-19 11:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 21:54 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 21:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-18 08:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-17 19:35 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-17 19:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-17 06:25 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-17 06:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-17 05:55 UTCEG score recompute▲ 8.40
  21. 2026-08-17 05:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-17 05:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 8.4 · severity → HIGH
  23. 2026-08-17 05:25 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-17 05:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-17 05:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
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  1. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-15 13:27 UTCNVD update
  4. 2026-08-15 12:40 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-15 12:37 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-74461?
CVE-2026-74461 is a high vulnerability published on August 15, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: imx: Cancel hrtimer before clearing slave pointer In i2cimxunreg_slave(), the slave pointer is set to NULL after disabling interrupts. However, a pending interrupt might already have started the hrtimer (i2cimxslave_timeout)…
When was CVE-2026-74461 disclosed?
CVE-2026-74461 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 15, 2026, with the most recent update on August 19, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-74461 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-74461 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 96.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-74461?
CVE-2026-74461 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.4 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-74461?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-74461, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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