CVE-2026-74752 evidence review
Linux
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: validate cookie AUTH state before use When cookie authentication is disabled, COOKIE_ECHO restores fixed-size AUTH fields directly from peer-controlled cookie bytes. A forged RANDOM length, HMAC list, or CHUNKS list can then reach association consumers with lengths or identifiers that were never validated against the local backing arrays. A forged RANDOM length can cause out-of-bounds reads during key-vector construction. A forged HMAC identifier also caused a 32-byte write past a zero-length AUTH chunk, providing a p...
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Identify the product and installed version
Record whether Linux is present, where it is installed, and which interfaces are exposed.
- Record the product name, package or appliance identifier, and installed version.
- Identify internet-facing, administrative, API, and internal access paths.
- Preserve the pre-change configuration and relevant service logs.
Compare the affected range
Use the current record as an identification aid: >= 1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202 < 88619b117be1daf633ce32210570ce35a0bd1c98, >= 1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202 < 3dbb44d88b1e94dd31fe43588af7437b34b44d56, >= 2.6.24. Resolve incomplete inventory results before deciding that an asset is unaffected.
Verify the authoritative remediation source
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Operational boundary
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