CVE-2026-43419: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: fix memory leaks in ceph_mdsc_build_path() Add __putname() calls to error code paths that did not free the "path" pointer obtained by __getname(). If ownership of this pointer is not passed to the caller via path_info.path, the function must free it before returning.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.10.234, before 5.11 (fixed in 5.11); from 5.15.177, before 5.16 (fixed in 5.16); from 6.1.125, before 6.2 (fixed in 6.2); from 6.6, before 6.6.130 (fixed in 6.6.130); from 6.7, before 6.12.78 (fixed in 6.12.78); from 6.13, before 6.18.19 (fixed in 6.18.19); …

Published 2026-05-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.