CVE-2026-74693

net: prestera: validate firmware header length

CVE-2026-74693 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74693, released August 27, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
4.4
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0018
7th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: prestera: validate firmware header length prestera_fw_hdr_parse() reads the firmware header before checking that the firmware image contains that header. Reject images shorter than struct prestera_fw_header before decoding the magic and version fields.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.187-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74693 Aug 27, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.105-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74693 Aug 27, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.1.9-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74693 Aug 27, 2026
linux-6.12 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.12.107-1~deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74693 Aug 27, 2026

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