What is CVE-2026-43474?

CVE-2026-43474 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-08.

How severe is CVE-2026-43474?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-43474

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: init flags_valid before calling vfs_fileattr_get syzbot reported a uninit-value bug in [1]. Similar to the "*get" context where the kernel's internal file_kattr str…

EPSS: 0.000 (2.2th 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 6.19.9, 6.17, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource

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-2026-43474?: CVE-2026-43474 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-08.
How severe is CVE-2026-43474?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.