CVE-2026-43148
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/smp: Add check for kcalloc() failure in parse_thread_groups() As kcalloc() may fail, check its return value to avoid a NULL pointer dereference when passing it to of_property_read_u32_array().
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.1.170-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.19.6-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.19.6-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 6.12.85-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 5.15.202 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1de31dba19c3cd0c1caf388a286b46df638f0b91
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33c1c6d8a28a2761ac74b0380b2563cf546c2a3a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b221db0b7d24675e465e98d9326d298025a4e8d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b85c8f624b0f8cf9b932f5a65dacd56a1f47a72
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d0ca11258e7b452653d04310addfec1753de1a2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b265e53d9adfbb5751713185843f7188aa9dd066
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca46d2092f307385a7acfb42632056570d6dbbbc
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43148.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-43148
CWEs
CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.