CVE-2026-74693: Linux

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: prestera: validate firmware header length prestera_fw_hdr_parse() reads the firmware header before checking that the firmware image contains that header. Reject images shorter than struct prestera_fw_header before decoding the magic and version fields.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 5.10, before 5.10.265 (fixed in 5.10.265); from 5.11, before 5.15.216 (fixed in 5.15.216); from 5.16, before 6.1.183 (fixed in 6.1.183); from 6.2, before 6.6.152 (fixed in 6.6.152); from 6.7, before 6.12.104 (fixed in 6.12.104); from 6.13, before 6.18.45 (fixed in 6.18.45); …

Published 2026-08-22. Last modified 2026-08-22.