{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-43463","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-05-01T14:12:56.010Z","datePublished":"2026-05-08T14:22:25.346Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T22:25:05.525Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T22:25:05.525Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nrxrpc, afs: Fix missing error pointer check after rxrpc_kernel_lookup_peer()\n\nrxrpc_kernel_lookup_peer() can also return error pointers in addition to\nNULL, so just checking for NULL is not sufficient.\n\nFix this by:\n\n (1) Changing rxrpc_kernel_lookup_peer() to return -ENOMEM rather than NULL\n     on allocation failure.\n\n (2) Making the callers in afs use IS_ERR() and PTR_ERR() to pass on the\n     error code returned."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/afs/addr_list.c","net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c"],"versions":[{"version":"72904d7b9bfbf2dd146254edea93958bc35bbbfe","lessThan":"d55fa7cd4b19ba91b34b307d769c149e56ad0a75","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"72904d7b9bfbf2dd146254edea93958bc35bbbfe","lessThan":"54331c5dcc6d97683d7ca2788e7ef9c9505e1477","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"72904d7b9bfbf2dd146254edea93958bc35bbbfe","lessThan":"4245a79003adf30e67f8e9060915bd05cb31d142","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"056fc740be000d39a7dba700a935f3bbfbc664e6","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/afs/addr_list.c","net/rxrpc/af_rxrpc.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.8","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.19","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.19.9","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.8","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.19"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.8","versionEndExcluding":"6.19.9"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.8","versionEndExcluding":"7.0"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.7.3"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d55fa7cd4b19ba91b34b307d769c149e56ad0a75"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54331c5dcc6d97683d7ca2788e7ef9c9505e1477"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4245a79003adf30e67f8e9060915bd05cb31d142"}],"title":"rxrpc, afs: Fix missing error pointer check after rxrpc_kernel_lookup_peer()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}