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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc, afs: Fix missing error pointer check after rxrpc_kernel_lookup_peer() rxrpc_kernel_lookup_peer() can also return error pointers in addition to NULL, so just checking for NULL is not sufficient. Fix this by: (1) Changing rxrpc_kernel_lookup_peer() to return -ENOMEM rather than NULL on allocation failure. (2) Making the callers in afs use IS_ERR() and PTR_ERR() to pass on the error code returned.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-01 | Published 2026-05-08 | Updated 2026-05-08 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

72904d7b9bfbf2dd146254edea93958bc35bbbfe (git) before d55fa7cd4b19ba91b34b307d769c149e56ad0a75
affected

72904d7b9bfbf2dd146254edea93958bc35bbbfe (git) before 54331c5dcc6d97683d7ca2788e7ef9c9505e1477
affected

72904d7b9bfbf2dd146254edea93958bc35bbbfe (git) before 4245a79003adf30e67f8e9060915bd05cb31d142
affected

056fc740be000d39a7dba700a935f3bbfbc664e6 (git)
affected

Default status
affected

6.8
affected

Any version before 6.8
unaffected

6.18.19 (semver)
unaffected

6.19.9 (semver)
unaffected

7.0 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/d55fa7cd4b19ba91b34b307d769c149e56ad0a75

git.kernel.org/...c/54331c5dcc6d97683d7ca2788e7ef9c9505e1477

git.kernel.org/...c/4245a79003adf30e67f8e9060915bd05cb31d142

cve.org (CVE-2026-43463)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-43463)

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