PT-2026-37488 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

CVE-2026-43148

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Published

2026-05-06

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Updated

2026-07-31

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description A NULL pointer dereference can occur in the powerpc/smp component when the kcalloc() function fails to allocate memory. This happens because the return value of kcalloc() is not checked before being passed to the of property read u32 array() function within the parse thread groups() function.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

NULL Pointer Dereference

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-43148
OESA-2026-2581
USN-8492-1
USN-8492-2
USN-8492-3
USN-8492-4
USN-8492-5
USN-8497-1
USN-8498-1
USN-8499-1
USN-8575-1
USN-8575-2
USN-8575-3
USN-8576-1
USN-8576-2
USN-8597-1
USN-8606-1
USN-8607-1
USN-8609-1
USN-8610-1
USN-8619-1
USN-8620-1
USN-8620-2
USN-8620-3
USN-8620-4

Affected Products

Linuxmint
Linux Kernel