What is CVE-2026-43172?

CVE-2026-43172 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-43172?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-43172

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: fix 22000 series SMEM parsing If the firmware were to report three LMACs (which doesn't exist in hardware) then using "fwrt->smem_cfg.lmac[2]" is an overr…

EPSS: 0.000 (8.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 5.8, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, ebfa7f8ae155c9a0bb2e4038d6b5d8b14881c424
Linux Linux_kernel

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-43172?: CVE-2026-43172 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-43172?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.