What is CVE-2026-43213?

CVE-2026-43213 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-43213?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Linux

CVE-2026-43213

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: pci: validate sequence number of TX release report Hardware rarely reports abnormal sequence number in TX release report, which will access out-of-bounds of…

EPSS: 0.000 (6.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, 7.0
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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-43213?: CVE-2026-43213 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-43213?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.