CVE-2026-43083: net: ioam6: fix OOB and missing lock
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 36/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.55% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 6d1d9ed9b409e0662241e3d245d574a18f643494, 95a1334748c95dd15546056280ade0c4b8dd7b78, a05a85779c2574b6534abb8cdc6d65fbc2e91208; azl3 kernel 6.6.152.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 6d1d9ed9b409e0662241e3d245d574a18f643494, 95a1334748c95dd15546056280ade0c4b8dd7b78, a05a85779c2574b6534abb8cdc6d65fbc2e91208; azl3 kernel 6.6.152.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ioam6: fix OOB and missing lock When trace->type.bit6 is set: if (trace->type.bit6) { ... queue = skb_get_tx_queue(dev, skb); qdisc = rcu_dereference(queue->qdisc); This code can lead to an out-of-bounds access of the dev->_tx[] array when is_input is true. In such a case, the packet is on the RX path and skb->queue_mapping contains the RX queue index of the ingress device. If the ingress device has more RX queues than the egress device (dev) has TX queues, skb_get_queue_mapping(skb) will exceed dev->num_tx_queues. Add a check to avoid this situation since skb_get_tx_queue() does not clamp the index. This issue has also revealed that per queue visibility cannot be accurate and will be replaced later as a new feature. While at it, add missing lock around qdisc_qstats_qlen_backlog(). The function __ioam6_fill_trace_data() is called from both softirq and process contexts, hence the use of spin_lock_bh() here.
- Published
- May 6, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.5% · 46th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-125
Report tools
Action score
36
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 36 / 40 · 9.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.5%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · Linux
- 9.1
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel5.17 and later · before 6.18.24
- linux linux kernel6.19 and later · before 6.19.14
- linux linux kernel7.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 5.17affected
- b63c5478e9cb1d1504eb02d9dac827ad24612b32 and later · before d8fa972c543e6a41f9a0873a725fd1d8d4d9dbfcaffected · git
- b63c5478e9cb1d1504eb02d9dac827ad24612b32 and later · before a05a85779c2574b6534abb8cdc6d65fbc2e91208affected · git
- b63c5478e9cb1d1504eb02d9dac827ad24612b32 and later · before f1af9d19503b73011dae5051c354fd39b03e240daffected · git
- b63c5478e9cb1d1504eb02d9dac827ad24612b32 and later · before 6d1d9ed9b409e0662241e3d245d574a18f643494affected · git
- b63c5478e9cb1d1504eb02d9dac827ad24612b32 and later · before 95a1334748c95dd15546056280ade0c4b8dd7b78affected · git
- b63c5478e9cb1d1504eb02d9dac827ad24612b32 and later · before b30b1675aa2bcf0491fd3830b051df4e08a7c8caaffected · git
- before 5.17not affected · semver
- 6.1.191 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
- 6.6.160 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | from 0 | — |
| Debian:14 | linux | before 6.19.14-1 | 6.19.14-1 |
Same product
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-43078May 6, 2026 · crypto: af_alg - Fix page reassignment overflow in af_alg_pull_tsgl31Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-43080May 6, 2026 · l2tp: Drop large packets with UDP encap22Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-43084May 6, 2026 · netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: make hash table per queue31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 6d1d9ed9b409e0662241e3d245d574a18f643494 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 95a1334748c95dd15546056280ade0c4b8dd7b78 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | a05a85779c2574b6534abb8cdc6d65fbc2e91208 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | b30b1675aa2bcf0491fd3830b051df4e08a7c8ca | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | d8fa972c543e6a41f9a0873a725fd1d8d4d9dbfc | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | f1af9d19503b73011dae5051c354fd39b03e240d | Vendor (CNA) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.152.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 | Release Notes | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 | Release Notes | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| debian:linux | 6.19.14-1 · Debian:14 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds ReadCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- SSVC exploitation— → none
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/95a1334748c95dd15546056280ade0c4b8dd7b78
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a05a85779c2574b6534abb8cdc6d65fbc2e91208
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b30b1675aa2bcf0491fd3830b051df4e08a7c8ca
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8fa972c543e6a41f9a0873a725fd1d8d4d9dbfc
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1af9d19503b73011dae5051c354fd39b03e240d
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.