{"id":"CVE-2026-74706","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbnge: Fix NULL pointer dereference in aux device release\n\nIf allocation of auxr_dev fails during auxiliary device setup, the error\npath calls auxiliary_device_uninit(),…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbnge: Fix NULL pointer dereference in aux device release\n\nIf allocation of auxr_dev fails during auxiliary device setup, the error\npath calls auxiliary_device_uninit(),…","severity":"none","published":"2026-08-22","updated":"2026-10-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-14T13:10:00.187","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74706","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cb4298810e27e037d3ca07286ecbb97e89ba58d","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83ef2f3cab7fe6dd9155cd598dc64be524d963a9","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00198,"epssPercentile":0.08868,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-14T13:30:58.543Z","slug":"CVE-2026-74706","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbnge: Fix NULL pointer dereference in aux device release\n\nIf allocation of auxr_dev fails during auxiliary device setup, the error\npath calls auxiliary_device_uninit(), which eventually invokes\nbnge_aux_dev_release().\n\nThe release callback unconditionally dereferences aux_priv->auxr_dev->pdev\nto retrieve the parent bnge_dev. Since auxr_dev has not yet been allocated\non this failure path, the dereference results in a NULL pointer exception\n\nRetrieve the parent bnge_dev from the auxiliary device's parent instead of\nauxr_dev, and free auxr_dev only when it was successfully allocated. This\nallows the release callback to correctly clean up partially initialized\nauxiliary devices.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}