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CVE-2026-43198

38
FAUCET Score

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: fix potential race in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock() Code in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock() after the call to tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock() is done too late. After tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock(), the child socket is already visible from TCP ehash table and other cpus might use it. Since newinet->pinet6 is still pointing to the listener ipv6_pinfo bad things can happen as syzbot found. Move the problematic code in tcp_v6_mapped_child_init() and call this new helper from tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock() before the ehash insertion. This allows the removal of one tcp_sync_mss(), since tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock() will call it with the correct context.

First published: May 6, 2026Last modified: May 11, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.6.12.1, < 6.18.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.19, < 6.19.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 3rd percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2026-May/CVE-2026-43198Moderate

tcp: fix potential race in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock()

May 2, 2026

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:30129
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:33215
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:33285
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:34094
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:34443
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:35863
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:35894
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:35896
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:35904
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:36073
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:36216
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:36348
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:36349
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:41236
access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2026-43198
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
security.access.redhat.com / data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-43198.json
git.kernel.org / stable/c/7178e2a8027423b2af17ab95df73a749a5b72e5b
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/858d2a4f67ff69e645a43487ef7ea7f28f06deae
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/fe89b2f05b854847784f91127319172945c1fadd
Patch