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CVE-2026-43493

Vulnerability intelligence

Published May 19, 2026Sources checked Oct 27, 2026
9.8CRITICALCVSS out of 10
What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-43493 and is rated Critical severity with a CVSS score of 9.8. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

Ubuntu Security Notices guidance

Vendor revision: Sep 18, 2026
Vendor remediation details

This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - x86 architecture; - Cryptographic API; - InfiniBand drivers; - Media drivers; - NVIDIA Tegra memory controller driver; - Network drivers; - NVME drivers; - File systems infrastructure; - Ext4 file system; - OCFS2 file system; - IPv4 networking; - Network traffic control; - TCP network protocol; - Locking primitives; - B.A.T.M.A.N.

Ubuntu Security Notices guidance

Vendor revision: Sep 2, 2026
Vendor remediation details

This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - x86 architecture; - Cryptographic API; - InfiniBand drivers; - Media drivers; - NVIDIA Tegra memory controller driver; - Network drivers; - NVME drivers; - File systems infrastructure; - Ext4 file system; - OCFS2 file system; - IPv4 networking; - Network traffic control; - TCP network protocol; - Locking primitives; - B.A.T.M.A.N.

Ubuntu Security Notices guidance

Vendor revision: Aug 27, 2026
Vendor remediation details

This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - x86 architecture; - Cryptographic API; - InfiniBand drivers; - Media drivers; - NVIDIA Tegra memory controller driver; - Network drivers; - NVME drivers; - File systems infrastructure; - Ext4 file system; - IPv4 networking; - Network traffic control; - TCP network protocol; - Locking primitives; - B.A.T.M.A.N.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS0.7%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview

What is CVE-2026-43493?

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

crypto: pcrypt - Fix handling of MAY_BACKLOG requests

MAY_BACKLOG requests can return EBUSY. Handle them by checking for that value and filtering out EINPROGRESS notifications.

Source: NVD