High8.1Red Hat & Ubuntu Linux

fix out-of-bounds read in cifs_sanitize_prepath

CVE-2026-43112 Published May 6, 2026

CVE-2026-43112

Affected products & platforms

Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified

Summary

fix out-of-bounds read in cifs_sanitize_prepath. Red Hat rates this important (CVSS 8.1). Weakness: CWE-125. Affected package(s): kernel. Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:34911 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).

Affected versions

kernel-0:6.12.0-211.30.1.el10_2

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Fixed versions

RHSA-2026:34911

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Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:34911 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source

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