CVE-2026-74520

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-15. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: 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:

iommu/iommufd: Fix IOPF group ownership UAF

iopf_group_alloc() links each last-page IOPF group into the generic IOPF pending list before invoking the domain fault handler. iommufd_fault_iopf_handler() also queued an accepted group in the IOMMUFD deliver list without removing it from the generic pending list.

When detach or HWPT replacement drops the device's IOPF reference count to zero, an IOMMU driver may call iopf_queue_remove_device(). That function responds to and frees groups through the generic pending list without removing the same groups from IOMMUFD's deliver list or response xarray. A later read, response, or cleanup can then access the freed group and cause a UAF.

Fix this by dequeuing an accepted group from the generic pending list before IOMMUFD queues it for userspace response. Make iopf_group_response() send a response regardless of pending-list membership, so the dequeued group can still be completed by IOMMUFD.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(high)
EG Risk
44(Track)
EG Risk 44/100SSVC: 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
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 15, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

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

iommu/iommufd: Fix IOPF group ownership UAF - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/738e6f32e61d80b554e37015ecb7bc620b88001c
generic

iommu/iommufd: Fix IOPF group ownership UAF - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6da8f37419dd4c456f26fc203f04e000186f4b3d
generic

iommu/iommufd: Fix IOPF group ownership UAF - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e74a369236424114b94cf6a9f5ff9e848b430b4

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-74520(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. 2026-08-21 07:40 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 07:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 19:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 07:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 19:22 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-19 19:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-19 07:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 19:07 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 19:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-18 07:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-17 18:54 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-17 18:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-17 06:24 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-17 06:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-17 05:55 UTCEG score recompute 8.80
  21. 2026-08-17 05:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-17 05:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 8.8 · severity → HIGH
  23. 2026-08-17 05:39 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-17 05:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-17 05:39 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 12:39 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-15 12:37 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-74520?
CVE-2026-74520 is a high vulnerability published on August 15, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/iommufd: Fix IOPF group ownership UAF iopfgroupalloc() links each last-page IOPF group into the generic IOPF pending list before invoking the domain fault handler. iommufdfaultiopf_handler() also queued an accepted group in…
When was CVE-2026-74520 disclosed?
CVE-2026-74520 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 15, 2026, with the most recent update on August 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-74520 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-74520 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 97.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-74520?
CVE-2026-74520 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-74520?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-74520, 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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