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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: qrtr: ns: Limit the maximum server registration per node Current code does no bound checking on the number of servers added per node. A malicious client can flood NEW_SERVER messages and exhaust memory. Fix this issue by limiting the maximum number of server registrations to 256 per node. If the NEW_SERVER message is received for an old port, then don't restrict it as it will get replaced. While at it, also rate limit the error messages in the failure path of qrtr_ns_worker(). Note that the limit of 256 is chosen based on the current platform requirements. If requirement changes in the future, this limit can be increased.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-01 | Published 2026-05-19 | Updated 2026-05-19 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

0c2204a4ad710d95d348ea006f14ba926e842ffd (git) before e6f6cd501fb54060940a6eb3f4103eeb5e426ae7
affected

0c2204a4ad710d95d348ea006f14ba926e842ffd (git) before 3efaad55cad1ded429e3a873bfece389058a526b
affected

0c2204a4ad710d95d348ea006f14ba926e842ffd (git) before 35fb4a0c077c5d1049c2628b769e0a1b1e65df0d
affected

0c2204a4ad710d95d348ea006f14ba926e842ffd (git) before 868202aa2adae427060a42d5bd663b4d782ec02c
affected

0c2204a4ad710d95d348ea006f14ba926e842ffd (git) before d5ee2ff98322337951c56398e79d51815acbf955
affected

Default status
affected

5.7
affected

Any version before 5.7
unaffected

6.6.140 (semver)
unaffected

6.12.86 (semver)
unaffected

6.18.27 (semver)
unaffected

7.0.4 (semver)
unaffected

7.1-rc1 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/e6f6cd501fb54060940a6eb3f4103eeb5e426ae7

git.kernel.org/...c/3efaad55cad1ded429e3a873bfece389058a526b

git.kernel.org/...c/35fb4a0c077c5d1049c2628b769e0a1b1e65df0d

git.kernel.org/...c/868202aa2adae427060a42d5bd663b4d782ec02c

git.kernel.org/...c/d5ee2ff98322337951c56398e79d51815acbf955

cve.org (CVE-2026-43491)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-43491)

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