{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-43252 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-43252 is a medium-severity 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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-43252 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-43252 is a medium-severity 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-43252 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-43252/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-43252/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-43252","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-43252/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-43252","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2026-43252","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-43252","GHSA-h3c3-pp9v-wf35","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-43252","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-43252"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A race condition in the Linux kernel MPTCP path manager can trigger a kernel warning and potential denial of service when removing endpoints.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"race_condition"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-667","name":"Improper Locking"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmptcp: pm: in-kernel: always set ID as avail when rm endp\n\nSyzkaller managed to find a combination of actions that was generating\nthis warning:\n\n  WARNING: net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1074 at __mark_subflow_endp_available net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1074 [inline], CPU#1: syz.7.48/2535\n  WARNING: net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1074 at mptcp_pm_nl_fullmesh net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1446 [inline], CPU#1: syz.7.48/2535\n  WARNING: net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1074 at mptcp_pm_nl_set_flags_all net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1474 [inline], CPU#1: syz.7.48/2535\n  WARNING: net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1074 at mptcp_pm_nl_set_flags+0x5de/0x640 net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1538, CPU#1: syz.7.48/2535\n  Modules linked in:\n  CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 2535 Comm: syz.7.48 Not tainted 6.18.0-03987-gea5f5e676cf5 #17 PREEMPT(voluntary)\n  Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 25.10 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.17.0-debian-1.17.0-1 04/01/2014\n  RIP: 0010:__mark_subflow_endp_available net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1074 [inline]\n  RIP: 0010:mptcp_pm_nl_fullmesh net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1446 [inline]\n  RIP: 0010:mptcp_pm_nl_set_flags_all net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1474 [inline]\n  RIP: 0010:mptcp_pm_nl_set_flags+0x5de/0x640 net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1538\n  Code: 89 c7 e8 c5 8c 73 fe e9 f7 fd ff ff 49 83 ef 80 e8 b7 8c 73 fe 4c 89 ff be 03 00 00 00 e8 4a 29 e3 fe eb ac e8 a3 8c 73 fe 90 \u003c0f\u003e 0b 90 e9 3d ff ff ff e8 95 8c 73 fe b8 a1 ff ff ff eb 1a e8 89\n  RSP: 0018:ffffc9001535b820 EFLAGS: 00010287\n  netdevsim0: tun_chr_ioctl cmd 1074025677\n  RAX: ffffffff82da294d RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 0000000000080000\n  RDX: ffffc900096d0000 RSI: 00000000000006d6 RDI: 00000000000006d7\n  netdevsim0: linktype set to 823\n  RBP: ffff88802cdb2240 R08: 00000000000104ae R09: ffffffffffffffff\n  R10: ffffffff82da27d4 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000\n  R13: ffff88801246d8c0 R14: ffffc9001535b8b8 R15: ffff88802cdb1800\n  FS:  00007fc6ac5a76c0(0000) GS:ffff8880f90c8000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n  netlink: 'syz.3.50': attribute type 5 has an invalid length.\n  CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n  netlink: 1232 bytes leftover after parsing attributes in process `syz.3.50'.\n  CR2: 0000200000010000 CR3: 0000000025b1a000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0\n  Call Trace:\n   \u003cTASK\u003e\n   mptcp_pm_set_flags net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:277 [inline]\n   mptcp_pm_nl_set_flags_doit+0x1d7/0x210 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:282\n   genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x117/0x180 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115\n   genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1195 [inline]\n   genl_rcv_msg+0x3a8/0x3f0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1210\n   netlink_rcv_skb+0x16d/0x240 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550\n   genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219\n   netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]\n   netlink_unicast+0x3e9/0x4c0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344\n   netlink_sendmsg+0x4ab/0x5b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894\n   sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]\n   __sock_sendmsg+0xc9/0xf0 net/socket.c:733\n   ____sys_sendmsg+0x272/0x3b0 net/socket.c:2608\n   ___sys_sendmsg+0x2de/0x320 net/socket.c:2662\n   __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2694 [inline]\n   __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2699 [inline]\n   __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2697 [inline]\n   __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x110/0x1a0 net/socket.c:2697\n   do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n   do_syscall_64+0xed/0x360 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n  RIP: 0033:0x7fc6adb66f6d\n  Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 \u003c48\u003e 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48\n  RSP: 002b:00007fc6ac5a6ff8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e\n  RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fc6addf5fa0 RCX: 00007fc6adb66f6d\n  RDX: 0000000000048084 RSI: 00002000000002c0 RDI: 000000000000000e\n  RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\n  R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000000000000\n---truncated---","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"mptcp: pm: in-kernel: always set ID as avail when rm endp","id":"CVE-2026-43252","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"race_condition","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":6,"next":{"headline":"iommu/amd: move wait_on_sem() out of spinlock","id":"CVE-2026-43253"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"HID: prodikeys: Check presence of pm-\u003einput_ep82","id":"CVE-2026-43251"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-05-06","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-23","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A race condition in the Linux kernel MPTCP path manager can trigger a kernel warning and potential denial of service when removing endpoints.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-43252/"}