CVE-2026-43161

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 2.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-05-06 11:27Z4 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-05-23 16:06Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-05-01

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

7d986956b22f8ff725efe893227d280643e4889ef21c0f648a37e70ca58ae7b7

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48b3f08e68b29a79527869cdde7298ca2a9b9646
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e70d5feb10c5ba2bbf7ca400b8f39a2f82d653e8
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc0490ad9edf5c6f98e39fbbee2877b85261a5ae
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42662d19839f34735b718129ea200e3734b07e50