PT-2026-37584 · Linux+3 · Linux+155

Published 2026-05-06 · Updated 2026-05-09 · CVE-2026-43244

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CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV: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 An issue exists in the Kernel Connection Multiplexor (KCM) where a zero-fragment socket buffer (skb) can remain in the frag list during a partial sendmsg error. When kcm sendmsg() fills the maximum number of fragments, it allocates a new skb and links it to the frag list before copying data. If the copy operation fails, the new skb remains in the list without any fragments. For SOCK SEQPACKET, this can lead to a warning in the kcm write msgs() function when it processes the frag list and encounters an empty skb. This occurs because KCM lacked a cleanup mechanism similar to the one used in TCP to remove empty skbs on failure.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-43244

Affected Products

Linux

Linux-Allwinner-5.19

Linux-Aws

Linux-Aws-5.0

Linux-Aws-5.11

Linux-Aws-5.13

Linux-Aws-5.15

Linux-Aws-5.19

Linux-Aws-5.3

Linux-Aws-5.4

Linux-Aws-5.8

Linux-Aws-6.14

Linux-Aws-6.17

Linux-Aws-6.2

Linux-Aws-6.5

Linux-Aws-6.8

Linux-Aws-Fips

Linux-Aws-Hwe

Linux-Azure

Linux-Azure-4.15

Linux-Azure-5.11

Linux-Azure-5.13

Linux-Azure-5.15

Linux-Azure-5.19

Linux-Azure-5.3

Linux-Azure-5.4

Linux-Azure-5.8

Linux-Azure-6.11

Linux-Azure-6.14

Linux-Azure-6.17

Linux-Azure-6.2

Linux-Azure-6.5

Linux-Azure-6.8

Linux-Azure-Edge

Linux-Azure-Fde

Linux-Azure-Fde-5.15

Linux-Azure-Fde-5.19

Linux-Azure-Fde-6.14

Linux-Azure-Fde-6.17

Linux-Azure-Fde-6.2

Linux-Azure-Fde-6.8

Linux-Azure-Fips

Linux-Azure-Nvidia

Linux-Azure-Nvidia-6.14

Linux-Bluefield

Linux-Fips

Linux-Gcp

Linux-Gcp-4.15

Linux-Gcp-5.11

Linux-Gcp-5.13

Linux-Gcp-5.15

Linux-Gcp-5.19

Linux-Gcp-5.3

Linux-Gcp-5.4

Linux-Gcp-5.8

Linux-Gcp-6.11

Linux-Gcp-6.14

Linux-Gcp-6.17

Linux-Gcp-6.2

Linux-Gcp-6.5

Linux-Gcp-6.8

Linux-Gcp-Fips

Linux-Gke

Linux-Gke-4.15

Linux-Gkeop-5.15

Linux-Gke-5.4

Linux-Gkeop

Linux-Hwe

Linux-Hwe-5.11

Linux-Hwe-5.13

Linux-Hwe-5.15

Linux-Hwe-5.19

Linux-Hwe-5.4

Linux-Hwe-5.8

Linux-Hwe-6.11

Linux-Hwe-6.14

Linux-Hwe-6.17

Linux-Hwe-6.2

Linux-Hwe-6.5

Linux-Hwe-6.8

Linux-Hwe-Edge

Linux-Ibm

Linux-Ibm-5.15

Linux-Ibm-5.4

Linux-Ibm-6.8

Linux-Intel-5.13

Linux-Intel-Iot-Realtime

Linux-Intel-Iotg

Linux-Intel-Iotg-5.15

Linux-Iot

Linux-Kvm

Linux-Lowlatency

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-5.15

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-5.19

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.11

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.2

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.5

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.8

Linux-Lts

Linux-Nvidia

Linux-Nvidia-6.11

Linux-Nvidia-6.2

Linux-Nvidia-6.5

Linux-Nvidia-6.8

Linux-Nvidia-Lowlatency

Linux-Nvidia-Tegra

Linux-Nvidia-Tegra-5.15

Linux-Nvidia-Tegra-Igx

Linux-Oem

Linux-Oem-5.10

Linux-Oem-5.13

Linux-Oem-5.14

Linux-Oem-5.17

Linux-Oem-5.6

Linux-Oem-6.0

Linux-Oem-6.1

Linux-Oem-6.11

Linux-Oem-6.14

Linux-Oem-6.17

Linux-Oem-6.5

Linux-Oem-6.8

Linux-Oracle

Linux-Oracle-5.0

Linux-Oracle-5.11

Linux-Oracle-5.13

Linux-Oracle-5.15

Linux-Oracle-5.3

Linux-Oracle-5.4

Linux-Oracle-5.8

Linux-Oracle-6.14

Linux-Oracle-6.17

Linux-Oracle-6.5

Linux-Oracle-6.8

Linux-Raspi

Linux-Raspi-5.4

Linux-Raspi-Realtime

Linux-Raspi2

Linux-Realtime

Linux-Realtime-6.14

Linux-Realtime-6.17

Linux-Realtime-6.8

Linux-Riscv

Linux-Riscv-5.11

Linux-Riscv-5.15

Linux-Riscv-5.19

Linux-Riscv-5.8

Linux-Riscv-6.14

Linux-Riscv-6.17

Linux-Riscv-6.5

Linux-Riscv-6.8

Linux-Starfive-5.19

Linux-Starfive-6.2

Linux-Starfive-6.5

Linux-Xilinx

Linux-Xilinx-Zynqmp

Linux Kernel

References · 13

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-43244 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43244 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-43244 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-43244 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1e3edf688a88c1a3ac41657055d9c136a08cd25 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ea3671d70ee07480d80bebe86696397c4e99fb7 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca220141fa8ebae09765a242076b2b77338106b0 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2026-43244 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43244 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-43244 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7af58f76e4b404a74c836881a845e6652db8a09f · Patch
• https://docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2026-43244 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/ca220141fa8ebae09765a242076b2b77338106b0 · Note