CVE-2026-43149 net: wan/fsl_ucc_hdlc: Fix dma_free_coherent() in uhdlc_memclean()
A memory management error in the Linux kernel's WAN driver can cause a system crash when cleaning up buffers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-43149?
CVE-2026-43149 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 6 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: wan/fsl_ucc_hdlc: Fix dma_free_coherent() in uhdlc_memclean()
The priv->rx_buffer and priv->tx_buffer are alloc'd together as contiguous buffers in uhdlc_init() but freed as two buffers in uhdlc_memclean().
Change the cleanup to only call dma_free_coherent() once on the whole buffer.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-43149?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2026-43149?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2026-43149 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-43149 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2026-43149, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-43149, GHSA-c68r-r9r9-c6jp, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2026-43149, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-43149, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-43149 and 1 more.