CVE-2026-43491

CVE-2026-43491

Medium · published May 19, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: qrtr: ns: Limit the maximum server registration per node

Current code does no bound checking on the number of servers added per

node. A malicious client can flood NEW_SERVER messages and exhaust memory.

Fix this issue by limiting the maximum number of server registrations to

256 per node. If the NEW_SERVER message is received for an old port, then

don't restrict it as it will get replaced. While at it, also rate limit

the error messages in the failure path of qrtr_ns_worker().

Note that the limit of 256 is chosen based on the current platform

requirements. If requirement changes in the future, this limit can be

increased.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00149 · 3.8th percentile
Published
2026-05-19T16:16Z
Affected products (4)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.7, < 6.6.1406.6.140
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.866.12.86
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.276.18.27
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 7.0.47.0.4
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 MAY 10:44Z
    net: qrtr: ns: Limit the maximum server registration per node
    cvelistv5