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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2026-74585

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 8/22/2026 12:16:30 PM

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Added Description

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

thunderbolt: Bound the DROM dual link port number before indexing sw->ports

tb_drom_parse_entry_port() validates the device-supplied header->index
against sw->config.max_port_number before indexing sw->ports[], but the
sibling field entry->dual_link_port_nr -- a 6-bit value also read from
the DROM -- indexes the same array with no such check. A malicious or
malformed Thunderbolt device can set dual_link_port_nr beyond the
allocated sw->ports[] (max_port_number + 1 entries), producing an
out-of-bounds tb_port pointer that is stored and later dereferenced.

Reject a port entry whose dual_link_port_nr exceeds max_port_number,
the same bound already applied to header->index.
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d3c212b70633332ab71672aa2bc6af257d2ec83
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40d2ffb74094cf36edbe05855566a4c58b6ce808
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50f0c8dd8c3390f851cfb97ca13116f9ee6469d1
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c892ed9f4129ae40ef0f92e1bb31aa0b0ddc72c
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b98e1e28bd95b0fa33164eec1e763d26c7058b39
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6764992f17b23d91ff93ce905ab53c2aa7191f0
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f28066057134aa9294caa597b670daf505ad9dce
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f32c3a9a77cfb50934a60b05d5407649af062535
Added Affected

                  
                
              
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