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CVE-2026-43197

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netconsole: avoid OOB reads, msg is not nul-terminated msg passed to netconsole from the console subsystem is not guaranteed to be nul-terminated. Before recent commit 7eab73b18630 ("netconsole: convert to NBCON console infrastructure") the message would be placed in printk_shared_pbufs, a static global buffer, so KASAN had harder time catching OOB accesses. Now we see: printk: console [netcon_ext0] enabled BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in string+0x1f7/0x240 Read of size 1 at addr ffff88813b6d4c00 by task pr/netcon_ext0/594 CPU: 65 UID: 0 PID: 594 Comm: pr/netcon_ext0 Not tainted 6.19.0-11754-g4246fd6547c9 Call Trace: kasan_report+0xe4/0x120 string+0x1f7/0x240 vsnprintf+0x655/0xba0 scnprintf+0xba/0x120 netconsole_write+0x3fe/0xa10 nbcon_emit_next_record+0x46e/0x860 nbcon_kthread_func+0x623/0x750 Allocated by task 1: nbcon_alloc+0x1ea/0x450 register_console+0x26b/0xe10 init_netconsole+0xbb0/0xda0 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88813b6d4000 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-4k of size 4096 The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of allocated 3072-byte region [ffff88813b6d4000, ffff88813b6d4c00)

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:6.19.6-1CVE-2026-43197
linuxUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-40.40USN-8490-1
linux-image-6.17.0-1026-nvidiaUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1026.26USN-8508-1
linux-image-6.17.0-1026-nvidia-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1026.26USN-8508-1
linux-image-6.17.0-1028-oemUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1028.28USN-8491-1
linux-image-6.17.0-40-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-40.40USN-8490-1
linux-image-6.17.0-40-generic-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-40.40USN-8490-1
linux-image-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-40.40USN-8490-1
linux-image-generic-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-40.40USN-8490-1
linux-image-generic-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-40.40USN-8490-1
linux-image-generic-64k-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-40.40USN-8490-1
linux-image-nvidia-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1026.26USN-8508-1
linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1026.26USN-8508-1
linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1026.26USN-8508-1
linux-image-nvidia-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1026.26USN-8508-1
linux-image-oem-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1028.28USN-8491-1
Fixed in:6.17.0-40.40USN-8490-1
linux-image-oem-24.04aUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1028.28USN-8491-1
linux-image-oem-24.04bUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1028.28USN-8491-1
linux-image-oem-24.04cUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1028.28USN-8491-1
Fixed in:6.17.0-40.40USN-8490-1
linux-image-oem-24.04dUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1028.28USN-8491-1
linux-image-oem-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1028.28USN-8491-1
linux-image-virtualUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-40.40USN-8490-1
linux-image-virtual-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-40.40USN-8490-1
linux-nvidia-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1026.26USN-8508-1
linux-oem-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1028.28USN-8491-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.46%probability of exploitation in 30 days
37thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 37% of all known CVEs.

References

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