What is CVE-2026-43470?

CVE-2026-43470 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-08.

How severe is CVE-2026-43470?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-43470

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfs: return EISDIR on nfs3_proc_create if d_alias is a dir If we found an alias through nfs3_do_create/nfs_add_or_obtain /d_splice_alias which happens to be a dir dentry…

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 7c6c5249f061b64fc6b5b90bc147169a048691bf, 6.10, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 7.0

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-2026-43470?: CVE-2026-43470 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-08.
How severe is CVE-2026-43470?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.