CVE-2026-43148

MEDIUM EPSS 2.8%
Published May 6, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published May 6, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/smp: Add check for kcalloc() failure in parse_thread_groups() As kcalloc() may fail, check its return value to avoid a NULL pointer dereference when passing it to of_property_read_u32_array().

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
2.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 6

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.202
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.165
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.6.128
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.12.75
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.13  –  <6.18.16
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.19  –  <6.19.6

References 7

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1de31dba19c3cd0c1caf388a286b46df638f0b91
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33c1c6d8a28a2761ac74b0380b2563cf546c2a3a
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b221db0b7d24675e465e98d9326d298025a4e8d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b85c8f624b0f8cf9b932f5a65dacd56a1f47a72
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d0ca11258e7b452653d04310addfec1753de1a2
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b265e53d9adfbb5751713185843f7188aa9dd066
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca46d2092f307385a7acfb42632056570d6dbbbc
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1de31dba19c3cd0c1caf388a286b46df638f0b91
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33c1c6d8a28a2761ac74b0380b2563cf546c2a3a
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b221db0b7d24675e465e98d9326d298025a4e8d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b85c8f624b0f8cf9b932f5a65dacd56a1f47a72
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d0ca11258e7b452653d04310addfec1753de1a2
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b265e53d9adfbb5751713185843f7188aa9dd066
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca46d2092f307385a7acfb42632056570d6dbbbc
    Patch