CVE-2026-43491

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 95% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: May 19, 2026 (52 days ago)
Last Modified: May 19, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A malicious client can exploit this by sending a large number of NEW_SERVER messages, which are not properly limited. This can lead to memory exhaustion, causing a Denial of Service (DoS) where the system becomes unresponsive or crashes.

CWE

CWE-770

Affected Products

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

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 git.kernel.org