What is CVE-2026-43124?

CVE-2026-43124 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-43124?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Linux

CVE-2026-43124

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pstore: ram_core: fix incorrect success return when vmap() fails In persistent_ram_vmap(), vmap() may return NULL on failure. If offset is non-zero, adding offset_in_pa…

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 6.1.165, 1e5b387747ba285a64348b9a96b246d0b9d52b03, 9095f19baae92afb978f8df77d19280fe291b337
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-43124?: CVE-2026-43124 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-43124?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.