Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-43349)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-43349). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: fix to avoid uninit-value access in f2fs_sanity_check_node_footer
syzbot reported a f2fs bug as below:
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in f2fs_sanity_check_node_footer+0x374/0xa20 fs/f2fs/node.c:1520
f2fs_sanity_check_node_footer+0x374/0xa20 fs/f2fs/node.c:1520
f2fs_finish_read_bio+0xe1e/0x1d60 fs/f2fs/data.c:177
f2fs_read_end_io+0x6ab/0x2220 fs/f2fs/data.c:-1
bio_endio+0x1006/0x1160 block/bio.c:1792
submit_bio_noacct+0x533/0x2960 block/blk-core.c:891
submit_bio+0x57a/0x620 block/blk-core.c:926
blk_crypto_submit_bio include/linux/blk-crypto.h:203 [inline]
f2fs_submit_read_bio+0x12c/0x360 fs/f2fs/data.c:557
f2fs_submit_page_bio+0xee2/0x1450 fs/f2fs/data.c:775
read_node_folio+0x384/0x4b0 fs/f2fs/node.c:1481
__get_node_folio+0x5db/0x15d0 fs/f2fs/node.c:1576
f2fs_get_inode_folio+0x40/0x50 fs/f2fs/node.c:1623
do_read_inode fs/f2fs/inode.c:425 [inline]
f2fs_iget+0x1209/0x9380 fs/f2fs/inode.c:596
f2fs_fill_super+0x8f5a/0xb2e0 fs/f2fs/super.c:5184
get_tree_bdev_flags+0x6e6/0x920 fs/super.c:1694
get_tree_bdev+0x38/0x50 fs/super.c:1717
f2fs_get_tree+0x35/0x40 fs/f2fs/super.c:5436
vfs_get_tree+0xb3/0x5d0 fs/super.c:1754
fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1193 [inline]
do_new_mount_fc fs/namespace.c:3763 [inline]
do_new_mount+0x885/0x1dd0 fs/namespace.c:3839
path_mount+0x7a2/0x20b0 fs/namespace.c:4159
do_mount fs/namespace.c:4172 [inline]
__do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4361 [inline]
__se_sys_mount+0x704/0…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-43349 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-43349" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-43349 (Linux kernel) — CWE-908 / CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-908) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2026-43349 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.18.35-r1
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-43349 linux Fixed in: 7.0.3-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-43349 linux
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web github.com