What is CVE-2026-43098?

CVE-2026-43098 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-43098?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-43098

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: s3fwrn5: allocate rx skb before consuming bytes s3fwrn82_uart_read() reports the number of accepted bytes to the serdev core. The current code consumes bytes into r…

EPSS: 0.000 (2.4th 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 6.18.24, 6.6.136, 5.15.209
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)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-43098?: CVE-2026-43098 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-43098?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.