What is CVE-2026-43444?

CVE-2026-43444 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-08.

How severe is CVE-2026-43444?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Linux

CVE-2026-43444

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: Unreserve bo if queue update failed Error handling path should unreserve bo then return failed. (cherry picked from commit c24afed7de9ecce341825d8ab55a43a25…

EPSS: 0.000 (2.1th 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 305cd109b761202d71f2f655ea369fe889ba1d01, 6.12, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 7.0

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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-43444?: CVE-2026-43444 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-08.
How severe is CVE-2026-43444?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.