CVE-2026-43293

medium Red Hat
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 95% most likely to be exploited
Published: May 8, 2026 (6 days ago)
Last Modified: May 8, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's wave5 media driver. During the removal of the wave5 module in polling mode, a timing issue, known as a race condition, can occur. This happens because the process that destroys the worker is initiated before the timer that queues work is fully canceled. This can lead to kernel warnings, potentially causing system instability or unexpected behavior when the module is unloaded.

CWE

CWE-367

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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