CVE-2026-74744

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-27. A secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source
Trending — Patch released this week
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.5%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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

ipvlan: inherit needed_headroom and needed_tailroom from phy_dev

ipvlan devices inherit hard_header_len from phy_dev during ipvlan_init(), but leave needed_headroom and needed_tailroom set to 0.

When the underlying phy_dev (or stacked lower device) requires extra headroom or tailroom for headers/trailers (e.g. macsec, ipsec, wireguard, tunnels, or veth with rx headroom), upper layers calculating packet headroom and tailroom fail to reserve sufficient space.

This can result in reallocation overhead, skb headroom underflows, or KASAN slab-use-after-free crashes when dev_hard_header() / ipvlan_hard_header() prepends header data or when lower devices append tailroom.

Fix this by:

  • Inheriting needed_headroom and needed_tailroom from phy_dev in ipvlan_init().
  • Propagating needed_headroom and needed_tailroom updates to attached ipvlans
in ipvlan_device_event() when receiving NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE events.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
44
EG Risk 44/100

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 (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
The EG Score, 9.8 of 10.
Exploitation0.5% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.5%
EPSS %ILE
42nd
KEV
Not listed

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

August 26, 2026

Last Modified

August 27, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Oct 8, 2026
Patch available.
Web page

ipvlan: inherit needed_headroom and needed_tailroom from phy_dev - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3c17ff65f54781cde696e16a6c577615ed735aa
Web page

ipvlan: inherit needed_headroom and needed_tailroom from phy_dev - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e16e960d55a40d36bd7c2494cc005e757dc9a1ef
Web page

ipvlan: inherit needed_headroom and needed_tailroom from phy_dev - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0fbe31f6b20ade0465130685859faa5c86fda59
Web page

ipvlan: inherit needed_headroom and needed_tailroom from phy_dev - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af602c4d0ee548da18e2409b4b4da1079625a372
Web page

ipvlan: inherit needed_headroom and needed_tailroom from phy_dev - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f33188457bbcc1b11ca87084037963c516ed3d9
Web page

ipvlan: inherit needed_headroom and needed_tailroom from phy_dev - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c2ca77212eb38559b0353b8363b7a84f4b019dd

Patch Availability(5)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt-6.8 (6.8.0-1036.39) @ noble2026-10-14ubuntu
redhatkernel-0:6.12.0-211.64.1.el10_22026-10-08redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-687.56.1.el9_82026-10-08redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_102026-10-05redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_102026-10-05redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (56 versions)
  • every version up to 6.1.187-1: fixed in 6.1.187-1
—
linux-6.126.12.100-1~deb12u1, 6.12.101-1~deb12u1
  • every version up to 6.12.107-1~deb12u1: fixed in 6.12.107-1~deb12u1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.12.96-1 (33 versions)
  • every version up to 6.12.105-1: fixed in 6.12.105-1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.1~rc7-1~exp1 (169 versions)
  • every version up to 7.1.10-1: fixed in 7.1.10-1
—

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 36× in last 7d / 247× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 381 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 281 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-10-14 08:16 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-14 08:16 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-14 08:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  4. 2026-10-13 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
  5. 2026-10-13 03:30 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-13 03:30 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-13 03:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  8. 2026-10-12 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
  9. 2026-10-12 15:39 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-12 05:38 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-10-12 05:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  12. 2026-10-11 19:25 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-11 16:41 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-11 14:00 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-11 13:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
  16. 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
  17. 2026-10-10 16:01 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-10 16:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  19. 2026-10-10 11:07 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-10 11:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  21. 2026-10-10 06:34 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-10 06:34 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-10-10 06:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  24. 2026-10-09 20:07 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
  25. 2026-10-09 07:52 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-10-09 07:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  2. 2026-10-09 03:26 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-09 03:26 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-10-09 03:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  5. 2026-10-08 17:13 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
  6. 2026-10-08 06:15 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-08 06:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  8. 2026-10-08 01:55 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-08 01:55 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-08 01:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  11. 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
  12. 2026-10-07 10:12 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-10-07 10:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  14. 2026-10-07 05:52 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-07 05:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  16. 2026-10-07 01:31 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-10-07 01:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  18. 2026-10-06 21:10 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-10-06 21:10 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  20. 2026-10-06 16:39 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-06 16:39 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-10-06 16:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  23. 2026-10-06 15:18 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 51st percentile
  24. 2026-10-06 11:57 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-06 11:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  26. 2026-10-06 07:36 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-10-06 07:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  28. 2026-10-06 01:43 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-10-06 01:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  30. 2026-10-05 18:55 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-10-05 18:55 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-10-05 18:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  33. 2026-10-05 17:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 51st percentile
  34. 2026-10-05 14:32 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-10-05 14:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  36. 2026-10-05 10:06 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-10-05 10:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  38. 2026-10-05 05:45 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-10-05 05:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  40. 2026-10-05 01:24 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-10-05 01:24 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-10-05 01:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  43. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 51st percentile
  44. 2026-10-04 20:34 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-10-04 20:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  46. 2026-10-04 15:35 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-10-04 15:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  48. 2026-10-04 11:02 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-10-04 11:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  50. 2026-10-04 06:19 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-10-04 06:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  52. 2026-10-04 01:59 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-10-04 01:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  54. 2026-10-03 20:29 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-10-03 20:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  56. 2026-10-03 16:09 UTCEG score recompute
  57. 2026-10-03 16:09 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-10-03 16:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  59. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.7% · 51st percentile
  60. 2026-10-03 04:54 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-10-03 04:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  62. 2026-10-03 00:30 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-10-03 00:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  64. 2026-10-02 19:57 UTCEG score recompute
  65. 2026-10-02 19:57 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-10-02 19:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  67. 2026-10-02 15:36 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-10-02 15:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  69. 2026-10-02 11:01 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-10-02 11:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  71. 2026-10-02 06:22 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-10-02 06:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  73. 2026-10-02 01:15 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-10-02 01:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cvmj-7cw8-3rr5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  75. 2026-10-01 19:57 UTCEG score recompute

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-74744?
CVE-2026-74744 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on August 26, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipvlan: inherit neededheadroom and neededtailroom from phy_dev ipvlan devices inherit hardheaderlen from phydev during ipvlaninit(), but leave neededheadroom and neededtailroom set to 0. When the underlying phy_dev (or stacked…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-74744 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-74744 was published on August 26, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of August 27, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-74744 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-74744 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (42nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-74744?
CVE-2026-74744 has a CVSS base score of 9.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-74744?
A fix for CVE-2026-74744 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-74744 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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