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Medium [CVE-2026-74460] validate CPC message lengths

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-74460 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

CVE-2026-74460 Published Aug 15, 2026Updated by vendor Aug 15, 2026
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Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: ems_usb: validate CPC message lengths ems_usb_read_bulk_callback() walks CPC messages packed in one USB receive buffer. Check that each declared message fits in the URB payload.

Also require the type-specific payload to cover the fields used by the CAN, state, error and overrun handlers. This vulnerability occurs because the `ems_usb_read_bulk_callback()` function, which processes Controller Area Network (CAN) Protocol Converter (CPC) messages from a USB receive buffer, does not properly validate the lengths of these messages.

An attacker could exploit this by sending specially crafted CPC messages, potentially leading to a denial of service due to a format error when processing the malformed data. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-130. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Will not fix / out of support: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: kernel-rt.

Affected versions

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Fixed versions

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Mitigation

The source record does not include mitigation steps. That is not a statement that no fix exists — read the vendor advisory below for the authoritative guidance.

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