Answer in brief
CVE-2026-74617 records a Critical severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in dibs: initialise dibs->lock in dibs_dev_alloc(). The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 9.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=cc21191b584c6f7836b0f10774f8278b7cbfba10 <fe79571f40434b257d68cbfb7b3ae93a794d8a11 || >=cc21191b584c6f7836b0f10774f8278b7cbfba10 <2926031acba100d0c18fcfaa7a2ed29609318848 || >=cc21191b584c6f7836b0f10774f8278b7cbfba10 <c27e360545373b7aee9862a5beef3b9fb3df0c25 | fe79571f40434b257d68cbfb7b3ae93a794d8a11, 2926031acba100d0c18fcfaa7a2ed29609318848, c27e360545373b7aee9862a5beef3b9fb3df0c25 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.18 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Aug 22, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 25, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 22, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dibs: initialise dibs->lock in dibs_dev_alloc() dibs->lock is initialised by dibs_dev_add(), but a dibs device can already take interrupts before that call: ism_probe() runs ism_dev_init(), and hence request_irq(), before it calls dibs_dev_add(). No client can have registered a dmb at that point, so no dmb interrupt can occur, but a GID event interrupt can, and ism_handle_irq() takes dibs->lock unconditionally on entry, before it inspects anything else. Initialise the lock in dibs_dev_alloc() instead, so that it is valid as soon as a driver can publish the device to its interrupt handler.
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