# CVE-2026-74730 — Linux

> As of 2026-08-22, CVE-2026-74730 is a vulnerability in Linux, EPSS 0.2% (12.7th percentile). No Threadlinqs-tracked threat campaign has been attributed to CVE-2026-74730 as of 2026-08-22; the identifier is re-checked against the Threadlinqs threat corpus on every daily ingest.

**Last updated:** 2026-08-22

## What is CVE-2026-74730?

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Pin the 'struct nfs_server' during a FREE_STATEID call Dan Aloni reports that he was able to hit a use-after-free bug if a FREE_STATEID operation gets delayed for whatever reason. Fix this by bumping the refcount of the 'struct nfs_server' object for the duration of the FREE_STATEID so it doesn't get cleaned up from underneath us while operations are still in flight.

1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 44 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.7% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 0.5/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-08-22

## Is CVE-2026-74730 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 33 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- [Linux](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/linux): Linux

## How to fix CVE-2026-74730

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-74730 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-74730

No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-74730, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-08-23.

**Other references**

- [git.kernel.org](https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed2f92ce2fc48463c41e0e540b9a3454889e8af8)
- [git.kernel.org (d858ab09e787106432d4d9830bad9dfedf02f890)](https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d858ab09e787106432d4d9830bad9dfedf02f890)
- [git.kernel.org (af62f1af182d33a0de38308c012841885d8ab92e)](https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af62f1af182d33a0de38308c012841885d8ab92e)
- [git.kernel.org (caee6a68ffaa5016dfc01cd0b3dc1896a32e3abd)](https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caee6a68ffaa5016dfc01cd0b3dc1896a32e3abd)
- [git.kernel.org (ed1161ab6239761958b38d5667225634fc2be894)](https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed1161ab6239761958b38d5667225634fc2be894)

_Showing 5 of 8 recorded references._

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-74730
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-74730 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp