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CVE-2026-43500

94
FAUCET Score

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Also unshare DATA/RESPONSE packets when paged frags are present The DATA-packet handler in rxrpc_input_call_event() and the RESPONSE handler in rxrpc_verify_response() copy the skb to a linear one before calling into the security ops only when skb_cloned() is true. An skb that is not cloned but still carries externally-owned paged fragments (e.g. SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG set by splice() into a UDP socket via __ip_append_data, or a chained skb_has_frag_list()) falls through to the in-place decryption path, which binds the frag pages directly into the AEAD/skcipher SGL via skb_to_sgvec(). Extend the gate to also unshare when skb_has_frag_list() or skb_has_shared_frag() is true. This catches the splice-loopback vector and other externally-shared frag sources while preserving the zero-copy fast path for skbs whose frags are kernel-private (e.g. NIC page_pool RX, GRO). The OOM/trace handling already in place is reused.

First published: May 11, 2026Last modified: Jun 14, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
> 5.3, < 6.18.29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.19, < 7.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.3:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.3:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
92.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: rxkad Page-Cache Write via CVE-2026-43500 · May 8, 2026
ExploitDB: EDB-52591 · May 29, 2026
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9277 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 16,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (56)

ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-xilinx-zynqmp (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1074.78
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-azure-5.15 (focal)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-azure-fips (jammy)Fixed in: 5.15.0-1114.123+fips1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-aws-6.17 (noble)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1017.17~24.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-gcp-6.17 (noble)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1018.19~24.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-gcp (questing)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1018.19
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-aws-6.8 (jammy)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1057.60~22.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-gcp-6.8 (jammy)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1060.63~22.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-hwe-6.8 (jammy)Fixed in: 6.8.0-124.124~22.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-ibm-6.8 (jammy)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1057.58~22.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-nvidia-6.8 (jammy)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1055.58~22.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-oracle-6.8 (jammy)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1054.55~22.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-realtime-6.8 (jammy)Fixed in: 6.8.1-1052.53~22.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-124.124
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-aws (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1057.60
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-aws-fips (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1057.60+fips1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-azure (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1058.64
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-fips (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-124.124+fips1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-gcp (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1060.63
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-gcp-fips (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1060.63+fips1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-gke (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1055.61
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-gkeop (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1042.45
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-ibm (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1057.58
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-nvidia (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1055.58
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-nvidia-lowlatency (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1055.58.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-nvidia-tegra (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1026.26
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-oracle (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1054.55
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-raspi (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1057.61
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-raspi-realtime (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-2046.47
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-realtime (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.1-1052.53
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-azure-6.17 (noble)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1017.17~24.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-hwe-6.17 (noble)Fixed in: 6.17.0-35.35~24.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-nvidia-6.17 (noble)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1021.21
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-oem-6.17 (noble)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1024.24
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-oracle-6.17 (noble)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1016.16~24.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-realtime-6.17 (noble)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1014.16~24.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux (questing)Fixed in: 6.17.0-35.35
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-aws (questing)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1017.17
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-azure (questing)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1017.17
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-oracle (questing)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1016.16
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-raspi (questing)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1018.18
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-realtime (questing)Fixed in: 6.17.0-1014.16
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux (resolute)Fixed in: 7.0.0-22.22
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-aws (resolute)Fixed in: 7.0.0-1006.6
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-gcp (resolute)Fixed in: 7.0.0-1005.5
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-ibm (resolute)Fixed in: 7.0.0-1007.7
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-nvidia (resolute)Fixed in: 7.0.0-1009.9
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-oracle (resolute)Fixed in: 7.0.0-1005.5
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-raspi (resolute)Fixed in: 7.0.0-1011.11
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-realtime (resolute)Fixed in: 7.0.0-22.22.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-hwe-7.0 (noble)Fixed in: 7.0.0-28.28~24.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-oem-7.0 (resolute)Fixed in: 7.0.0-1008.8
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-xilinx (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-1032.33
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 (jammy)Fixed in: 6.8.0-134.134.1~22.04.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: linux-lowlatency (noble)Fixed in: 6.8.0-134.134.1
fortinetvendor investigatingvia vendor_rss
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Vendor Advisories (12)

ubuntuUSN-8569-1

Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

Jul 20, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8528-1

Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilities

Jul 10, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8499-1

Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities

Jul 2, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8497-1

Linux kernel (Low Latency) vulnerabilities

Jul 2, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8489-1

Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Jul 1, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8426-1

Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

Jun 11, 2026
fortinetfortinet:fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-26-144LOW

Linux Kernel vulnerability Dirty Frag

Jun 3, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8374-1

Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jun 2, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8373-1

Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jun 2, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8371-1

Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jun 2, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8370-1

Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jun 2, 2026
microsoft2026-May/CVE-2026-43500Important

rxrpc: Also unshare DATA/RESPONSE packets when paged frags are present

May 12, 2026

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2026-43500
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
security.access.redhat.com / data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-43500.json
github.com / V4bel/dirtyfrag
git.kernel.org / stable/c/3711382a77342a9a1c3d2e7330dcfc7ea927f568
git.kernel.org / stable/c/3eae0f4f9f7206a4801efa5e0235c25bbd5a412c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/7c504ffab3efce8f7e4f463b314ae31030bdf18b
git.kernel.org / stable/c/aa54b1d27fe0c2b78e664a34fd0fdf7cd1960d71
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d45179f8795222ce858770dc619abe51f9d24411
Patch