Answer in brief
CVE-2026-43055 records a High severity (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in scsi: target: file: Use kzalloc_flex for aio_cmd. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=732f25a2895a8c1c54fb56544f0b1e23770ef4d7 <ce54802fe6bb78eb0feffc66fed6a45d41ffc3ab || >=732f25a2895a8c1c54fb56544f0b1e23770ef4d7 <4eaff1728d0e69b95933412241bbccf4f797dba8 || >=732f25a2895a8c1c54fb56544f0b1e23770ef4d7 <01f784fc9d0ab2a6dac45ee443620e517cb2a19b | ce54802fe6bb78eb0feffc66fed6a45d41ffc3ab, 4eaff1728d0e69b95933412241bbccf4f797dba8, 01f784fc9d0ab2a6dac45ee443620e517cb2a19b |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.16 | Not reported |
Published upstream
May 1, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 16, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 16, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: file: Use kzalloc_flex for aio_cmd The target_core_file doesn't initialize the aio_cmd->iocb for the ki_write_stream. When a write command fd_execute_rw_aio() is executed, we may get a bogus ki_write_stream value, causing unintended write failure status when checking iocb->ki_write_stream > max_write_streams in the block device. Let's just use kzalloc_flex when allocating the aio_cmd and let ki_write_stream=0 to fix this issue.
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