GHSA-7r6r-545m-fqv3 · Severity: high — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: Mitigate...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: Mitigate potential OOB by removing bogus memset() The memset() in hid_report_raw_event() has the good intention of clearing out bogus data by zeroing the area from the end of the incoming data string to the assumed end of the buffer. However, as we have previously seen, doing so can easily result in OOB reads and writes in the subsequent thread of execution. The current suggestion from one of the HID maintainers is to remove the memset() and simply return if the incoming event buffer size is not large enough to fill the associated report. Suggested-by Benjamin Tissoires <[email protected]> [bentiss: changed the return value]
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-43048 is rated Low Risk (36.7/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-05-02 | — | 0.02% | — |
Full EPSS history (1 record total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
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| 8.8 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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2.8 | 5.9 | 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
GHSA-7r6r-545m-fqv3 · Severity: high — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: Mitigate...
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
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debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2026-43048 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 3, resolved 2. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-43048 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43048 |
suse
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medium | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43048/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2026-43048 medium priority: Ubuntu including 161 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1449 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1048, ignored 173, needed 130, released 83, not-affected 10, needs-triage 5. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-43048 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 2.6.15.1, < 6.18.22 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.19, < 6.19.12 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.15 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.15:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.15 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.15:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.15 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.15:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |