What is CVE-2026-43280?

CVE-2026-43280 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-43280?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Linux

CVE-2026-43280

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe: Add bounds check on pat_index to prevent OOB kernel read in madvise When user provides a bogus pat_index value through the madvise IOCTL, the xe_pat_index_get_co…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions ada7486c5668db542a7d361268df931aca5b726a, 6.18, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

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-2026-43280?: CVE-2026-43280 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-43280?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.