What is CVE-2026-43081?

CVE-2026-43081 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-43081?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-43081

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipa: fix GENERIC_CMD register field masks for IPA v5.0+ Fix the field masks to match the hardware layout documented in downstream GSI (GSI_V3_0_EE_n_GSI_EE_GENERIC_…

EPSS: 0.000 (2.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions faf0678ec8a0aa9039d8b188d012206abd67dd5c, 6.4, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 7.0

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-43081?: CVE-2026-43081 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-43081?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.