CVE-2026-43463

MEDIUM

rxrpc, afs: Fix missing error pointer check after rxrpc_kernel_lookup_peer()

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (12)
Linux/Linux < 6.8
Linux/Linux 056fc740be000d39a7dba700a935f3bbfbc664e6
Linux/Linux 6.18.19 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19.9 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux 6.7.3 - 6.8
Linux/Linux 6.8
Linux/Linux 7.0
Linux/Linux 72904d7b9bfbf2dd146254edea93958bc35bbbfe - 4245a79003adf30e67f8e9060915bd05cb31d142
Linux/Linux 72904d7b9bfbf2dd146254edea93958bc35bbbfe - 54331c5dcc6d97683d7ca2788e7ef9c9505e1477
Linux/Linux 72904d7b9bfbf2dd146254edea93958bc35bbbfe - d55fa7cd4b19ba91b34b307d769c149e56ad0a75
... and 2 more
Published May 08, 2026
Tracked Since May 08, 2026