CVE-2026-43457

Published: May 8, 2026Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mctp: i2c: fix skb memory leak in receive path When 'midev->allow_rx' is false, the newly allocated skb isn't consumed by netif_rx(), it needs to free the skb directly.

Affected (8)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

1 product

Configuration A

8 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.18 to 6.1.167
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.13 to 6.18.19
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.19 to 6.19.9
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.2 to 6.6.130
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.7 to 6.12.78
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 7.0 rc1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 7.0 rc2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 7.0 rc3

Related CWEs

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.

References (6)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fb2adbdd5c03e8c9ebcdc48afd414b2724c85eb

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b1be322342a6b0085bf6ee52235e5ac9834ec25

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ec54187e1aa40a4cfa2b265e9a311179f24b98d

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f81be2ab9d8e4744871bfb3e868ef413413829f

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7900a43b0a314a645ca0a2adf45928dbc7001f4

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3f5e0f22cfc2371e7471c9fd5b4da78f9df7c69

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

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