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Medium 5.5Published May 8, 2026
CVE-2026-43457In 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(…
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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.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-401
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 5.18 before 6.1.167; from 6.2 before 6.6.130; from 6.7 before 6.12.78; from 6.13 before 6.18.19; from 6.19 before 6.19.9; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0 | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fb2adbdd5c03e8c9ebcdc48afd414b2724c85ebpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b1be322342a6b0085bf6ee52235e5ac9834ec25patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ec54187e1aa40a4cfa2b265e9a311179f24b98dpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f81be2ab9d8e4744871bfb3e868ef413413829fpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7900a43b0a314a645ca0a2adf45928dbc7001f4patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3f5e0f22cfc2371e7471c9fd5b4da78f9df7c69patch
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