# dibs: initialise dibs->lock in dibs_dev_alloc()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-74617`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-74617`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 9.8 Critical
- **Critical:** Yes: CVSS 9+
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 22 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 16 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 22 Aug 2026, 15:32 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- CVSS score 9.8: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `cc21191b584c6f7836b0f10774f8278b7cbfba10 to before fe79571f40434b257d68cbfb7b3ae93a794d8a11` (git)
  - affected: `cc21191b584c6f7836b0f10774f8278b7cbfba10 to before 2926031acba100d0c18fcfaa7a2ed29609318848` (git)
  - affected: `cc21191b584c6f7836b0f10774f8278b7cbfba10 to before c27e360545373b7aee9862a5beef3b9fb3df0c25` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.18`
  - unaffected: `before 6.18` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.45 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.1.9 to 7.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 9.8 Critical, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0044, the 38th percentile, on 15 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 22 Aug 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-74617](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74617)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-74617](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74617)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe79571f40434b257d68cbfb7b3ae93a794d8a11>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2926031acba100d0c18fcfaa7a2ed29609318848>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c27e360545373b7aee9862a5beef3b9fb3df0c25>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2026-74617>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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