CVE-2026-43202

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-06. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent()

fbi->fb.screen_buffer is allocated with dma_alloc_coherent() but is not freed if the error path is reached.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 6, 2026

Last Modified

May 11, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated May 11, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f47d5b9e8aa6178a0aaf225119ad1ec7d3f49876
generic

fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8c5d5f6cd66e032f9aefdcc21b0c34761aef78a
generic

fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c3873cccb3fab54cde0605ae7093d332c99073e
generic

fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a9bc60ed372aaae9784ff8ad8e5f496ff15fd31
generic

fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88b3b9924337336a31cefbe99a22ed09401be74a
generic

fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/778f31be5b8c10024db23fdd8a05f68a02311008
generic

fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40c1ff25025150ff6d7ec7ad441fcfd6d070ee76
generic

fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dma_free_coherent() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cd2f988a8bd2da227f5c3cfa0cbf3a9a287ddc3

Patch Availability(25)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-5.15.0-1075 (5.15.0-1075.79) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-6.8 (6.8.0-134.134) @ noble2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt-5.15 (5.15.0.1064.66~20.04.1) @ focal2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (6.8.0-1057.58~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge (6.8.0-134.134.1) @ noble2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt-6.8 (6.8.0-1029.30) @ noble2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp (6.8.0.1032.33) @ noble2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-6.8 (6.8.0-1060.64) @ noble2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-realtime-6.8 (6.8.0-2049.50) @ noble2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-134.134+fips1) @ noble2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-5.15 (5.15.0.1107.107) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt-5.15 (5.15.0.1064.64) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-ibm-edge (5.15.0.1106.110~20.04.1) @ focal2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1063.71) @ noble2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (5.15.0.1109.115~20.04.1) @ focal2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1062.69) @ noble2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-6.8 (6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1109.105) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1117.126) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-22.04-edge (6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fips-5.15 (5.15.0.1117.102) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-intel-iot-realtime-5.15 (5.15.0.1104.108) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-intel-iotg-5.15 (5.15.0.1107.106) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-edge (5.15.0.1112.122~20.04.1) @ focal2026-08-23ubuntu
linuxKernel @ 5.10.252—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux5.10.103-1 ... 5.10.92-2 (53 versions)5.10.257-1—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (48 versions)6.1.170-1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.38-1 ... 6.12.85-1~bpo12+1 (17 versions)6.12.85-1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.19~rc8-1~exp1 (116 versions)6.19.6-1—

All Vendor Advisories

(24)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 30× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 183 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-13 16:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-12 15:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-11 16:23 UTCOSV refresh
  4. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-11 09:37 UTCEPSS rescore
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  18. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-23 20:02 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-23 20:02 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-08-23 20:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-17 12:56 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-17 12:56 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-08-17 12:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-16 04:53 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-16 04:53 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-08-16 04:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-14 03:28 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-14 03:28 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-08-14 03:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-13 01:07 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-13 01:07 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-08-13 01:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-12 01:29 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-12 01:29 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-08-12 01:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-11 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-11 01:51 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-11 01:51 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-08-11 01:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-10 02:14 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-08-10 02:14 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-08-10 02:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-08-09 02:35 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-08-09 02:35 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-08-09 02:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-08-08 01:31 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-08-08 01:31 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-08-08 01:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-08-07 01:54 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-08-07 01:54 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-08-07 01:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-08-05 22:21 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-08-05 22:21 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-08-05 22:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-08-04 10:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-08-04 04:32 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-08-04 04:32 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-08-04 04:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-08-03 04:53 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-08-03 04:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-08-02 05:08 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-08-02 05:08 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-08-02 05:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-08-02 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  66. 2026-07-23 03:13 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  68. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  69. 2026-07-21 00:17 UTCOSV refresh
  70. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  71. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43202?
CVE-2026-43202 is a medium vulnerability published on May 6, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: vt8500lcdfb: fix missing dmafreecoherent() fbi->fb.screenbuffer is allocated with dmaalloc_coherent() but is not freed if the error path is reached.
When was CVE-2026-43202 disclosed?
CVE-2026-43202 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 6, 2026, with the most recent update on May 11, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-43202 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43202 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 97.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43202?
CVE-2026-43202 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43202?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-43202, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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