# CVE-2026-74629: net/dibs: Correct freeing of dmb\_clientid\_arr

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.45, 7.1.9
- Published: 2026-08-22 · Updated: 2026-10-16

## Affected

- Linux: from cc21191b584c6f7836b0f10774f8278b7cbfba10, fixed in ece6426b61241e9bfb41aa131f235168f55229b1; from cc21191b584c6f7836b0f10774f8278b7cbfba10, fixed in 7a1df20a8d2cc89e3a442b6e0b43b1cacde8d403; from cc21191b584c6f7836b0f10774f8278b7cbfba10, fixed in 9e6869be49064915edb6c8776b27c376cfdb0df5
- Linux: 6.18
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.18.0, fixed in 6.18.45; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/dibs: Correct freeing of dmb_clientid_arr A dibs device interrupt handler can be active after dibs_dev_del() and may still access dmb_clientid_arr. (UAF) In case of a failure in dibs_dev_add() being called by dibs_lo_dev_probe() dmb_clientid_arr is freed twice (double free). Free dmb_clientid_arr in dibs_dev_release() after last reference is gone. Note that allocating in dibs_dev_add() instead of dibs_dev_alloc() is ok for now, because no dmbs can be registered before dibs_dev_add().

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ece6426b61241e9bfb41aa131f235168f55229b1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a1df20a8d2cc89e3a442b6e0b43b1cacde8d403
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e6869be49064915edb6c8776b27c376cfdb0df5

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