Out-of-Bounds Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [5.17,6.1.191)[6.2,6.6.160)[6.7,6.12.114)[6.13,6.18.24)[6.19,6.19.14)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.6% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-20788749
  • published10 Oct 2026
  • disclosed6 May 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 May 2026

CVE-2026-43083  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.24, 6.19.14 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds in the __ioam6_fill_trace_data process when processing IPv6 packets with IOAM Pre-allocated Trace options and trace->type.bit6 is set. An attacker can cause an out-of-bounds access of the dev->_tx[] array by sending crafted packets with a queue mapping that exceeds the number of TX queues on the egress device, potentially leading to kernel panic or leakage of sensitive kernel memory.

Note: The Linux kernel project assigns a CVE to every bug fix it ships, whether or not the bug has been shown to be exploitable. This advisory was generated from that process and has not been individually assessed for exploitability. See the kernel's CVE process documentation: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/cve.rst

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
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