CVE-2026-43449

HIGHNVD 7.17.1
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-05-08. NVD baseline CVSS 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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

nvme-pci: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in nvme_dbbuf_set

dev->online_queues is a count incremented in nvme_init_queue. Thus, valid indices are 0 through dev->online_queues − 1.

This patch fixes the loop condition to ensure the index stays within the valid range. Index 0 is excluded because it is the admin queue.

KASAN splat:

================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nvme_dbbuf_free drivers/nvme/host/pci.c:377 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nvme_dbbuf_set+0x39c/0x400 drivers/nvme/host/pci.c:404 Read of size 2 at addr ffff88800592a574 by task kworker/u8:5/74

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 74 Comm: kworker/u8:5 Not tainted 6.19.0-dirty #10 PREEMPT(voluntary) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.3-0-ga6ed6b701f0a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Workqueue: nvme-reset-wq nvme_reset_work Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xea/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline] print_report+0xce/0x5d0 mm/kasan/report.c:482 kasan_report+0xdc/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:595 __asan_report_load2_noabort+0x18/0x20 mm/kasan/report_generic.c:379 nvme_dbbuf_free drivers/nvme/host/pci.c:377 [inline] nvme_dbbuf_set+0x39c/0x400 drivers/nvme/host/pci.c:404 nvme_reset_work+0x36b/0x8c0 drivers/nvme/host/pci.c:3252 process_one_work+0x956/0x1aa0 kernel/workqueue.c:3257 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3340 [inline] worker_thread+0x65c/0xe60 kernel/workqueue.c:3421 kthread+0x41a/0x930 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x6f8/0x8c0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246

Allocated by task 34 on cpu 1 at 4.241550s: kasan_save_stack+0x2c/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:57 kasan_save_track+0x1c/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:78 kasan_save_alloc_info+0x3c/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:570 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:398 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0xb5/0xc0 mm/kasan/common.c:415 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline] __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5657 [inline] __kmalloc_node_noprof+0x2bf/0x8d0 mm/slub.c:5663 kmalloc_array_node_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1075 [inline] nvme_pci_alloc_dev drivers/nvme/host/pci.c:3479 [inline] nvme_probe+0x2f1/0x1820 drivers/nvme/host/pci.c:3534 local_pci_probe+0xef/0x1c0 drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:324 pci_call_probe drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:392 [inline] __pci_device_probe drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:417 [inline] pci_device_probe+0x743/0x920 drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:451 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:583 [inline] really_probe+0x29b/0xb70 drivers/base/dd.c:661 __driver_probe_device+0x3b0/0x4a0 drivers/base/dd.c:803 driver_probe_device+0x56/0x1f0 drivers/base/dd.c:833 __driver_attach_async_helper+0x155/0x340 drivers/base/dd.c:1159 async_run_entry_fn+0xa6/0x4b0 kernel/async.c:129 process_one_work+0x956/0x1aa0 kernel/workqueue.c:3257 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3340 [inline] worker_thread+0x65c/0xe60 kernel/workqueue.c:3421 kthread+0x41a/0x930 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x6f8/0x8c0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88800592a000 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-2k of size 2048 The buggy address is located 244 bytes to the right of allocated 1152-byte region [ffff88800592a000, ffff88800592a480)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x5928 head: order:3 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0 anon flags: 0xfffffc0000040(head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x1fffff) page_type: f5(slab) raw: 000fffffc0000040 ffff888001042000 0000000000000000 dead000000000001 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000080008 00000000f5000000 0000000000000000 head: 000fffffc0000040 ffff888001042000 00000 ---truncated---

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1(medium)
EPSS
2.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 8, 2026

Last Modified

May 21, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Jun 12, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

nvme-pci: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in nvme_dbbuf_set - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7990c936e25f484b61a5adeeadc1d290a9fd16e
generic

nvme-pci: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in nvme_dbbuf_set - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4e78f1427c7d6859229ae9616df54e1fc05a516
generic

nvme-pci: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in nvme_dbbuf_set - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86183d550559e45e07059bbdf17331fea469e38c
generic

nvme-pci: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in nvme_dbbuf_set - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83e6edd6358326c9c2de31a54bb4a1ec50703f1f
generic

nvme-pci: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in nvme_dbbuf_set - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78279d2d74c58a0ed64e43cf601a02649771182e
generic

nvme-pci: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in nvme_dbbuf_set - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50bad78f03a02d3c0f228edf9912b494d3e7acb9
generic

nvme-pci: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in nvme_dbbuf_set - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/328c551f0cc81ee776b186b86cc6e5253bb6fda7
generic

nvme-pci: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in nvme_dbbuf_set - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b9d605c3f0d3262142f196249cd3bd58c857c71

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-43449(1)

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Weakness Classification(1)

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43449?
CVE-2026-43449 is a high vulnerability published on May 8, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-pci: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in nvmedbbufset dev->onlinequeues is a count incremented in nvmeinit_queue. Thus, valid indices are 0 through dev->online_queues − 1. This patch fixes the loop condition to ensure the index stays…
When was CVE-2026-43449 disclosed?
CVE-2026-43449 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 8, 2026, with the most recent update on May 21, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-43449 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43449 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 2.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43449?
CVE-2026-43449 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43449?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-43449, 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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