CVE-2026-43463

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc, afs: Fix missing error pointer check after rxrpc_kernel_lookup_peer() rxrpc_kernel_lookup_peer() can also return error pointers in addition to NULL, so just checking for NULL is not sufficient. Fix this by: (1) Changing rxrpc_kernel_lookup_peer() to return -ENOMEM rather than NULL on allocation failure. (2) Making the callers in afs use IS_ERR() and PTR_ERR() to pass on the error code returned.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4245a79003adf30e67f8e9060915bd05cb31d142	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54331c5dcc6d97683d7ca2788e7ef9c9505e1477	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d55fa7cd4b19ba91b34b307d769c149e56ad0a75	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3::::::

History

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Information

Published : 2026-05-08 15:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:49

NVD link : CVE-2026-43463

Mitre link : CVE-2026-43463

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-43463

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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