CVE-2026-74751

Critical

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: lib: Fix ZBB strnlen reading past count boundary The ZBB-optimized strnlen loop loads one word ahead before checking the aligned boundary: REG_L t1, SZREG(t0) // load next word addi t0, t0, SZREG // advance orc.b t1, t1 bgeu t0, t4, 4f // boundary check AFTER load where t4 = (s + count) & -SZREG. When s is aligned and count is a multiple of SZREG, t4 equals s + count and the loop loads a full word starting at exactly s + count. If s + count falls on a page boundary with the next page unmapped, this faults. Fix by computing the aligned boundary from the last valid byte (s + count - 1) instead of s + count. This makes the loop stop at the word containing the last valid byte rather than potentially loading the word after it. The count == 0 case is already handled by the beqz early exit. Also add a pre-loop guard (bgeu t0, t4) for the case where all valid bytes fit within the first word. With the adjusted boundary, t4 can equal t0, and entering the loop with stale register state from the first-word processing would produce incorrect results. The final minu clamp ensures the result is still correct when the last loaded word extends past s + count - 1 within the same aligned word.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.4
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedAug 26, 2026
First seenAug 26, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • Linux Linuxe697e30f3dd2da3a1df7dc0980546d5b53aea4b6, 5d588c684833e678a0008eb69c33190f01a65f4b or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux5ba15d419fab848a3813eb56bbcad00e291fbc49 ≤ v < e697e30f3dd2da3a1df7dc0980546d5b53aea4b6, 5ba15d419fab848a3813eb56bbcad00e291fbc49 ≤ v < 5d588c684833e678a0008eb69c33190f01a65f4b, 7.1e697e30f3dd2da3a1df7dc0980546d5b53aea4b6, 5d588c684833e678a0008eb69c33190f01a65f4b

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