{"id":"CVE-2026-74675","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-74675","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:33:48.886Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt: stabilize tty reference in kbd_keycode with tty_port_tty_get kbd_keycode() reads vc->port.tty without acquiring a tty reference, racing against con_shutdown() which clears port.tty…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvt: stabilize tty reference in kbd_keycode with tty_port_tty_get\n\nkbd_keycode() reads vc->port.tty without acquiring a tty reference,\nracing against con_shutdown() which clears port.tty under a different\nlock. Use tty_port_tty_get()/tty_kref_put() to hold a proper reference\nfor the duration the tty pointer is needed.","published":"2026-08-22T16:16:42.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-16T20:17:51.000Z","status":"Received","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00129,"percentile":0.02537,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38400673c9bfb39cfc87539e1a072087e98f4e4f","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38a0aa593ebc275aea6f79534d07f44e43768ce6","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f6b1d3fcfc26dc3fc85262f753439df93b055b4","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b664592e9ba8c47c9e23408db7ba52eb9f946c8a","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b84fd400f80adf4d1c88fbce50ae1cf2f8119e65","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cab5a342f0589334046741006d8a280514f94235","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc4a1a2ce0c58eafd477effb055863935260ddc1","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e25d47a526939ad44b75f778b8a7500562b84fc1","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74675","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}