CVE-2026-43342

MEDIUMNVD 4.74.7—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 4.7 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-08. NVD baseline CVSS 4.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
4.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 4.7Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: gadget: f_rndis: Protect RNDIS options with mutex

The class/subclass/protocol options are suspectible to race conditions as they can be accessed concurrently through configfs.

Use existing mutex to protect these options. This issue was identified during code inspection.

CVSS v3
4.7
EG Score
4.7(medium)
EG Risk
26(Track)
EG Risk 26/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity47% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
0%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 8, 2026

Last Modified

May 18, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated May 18, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

usb: gadget: f_rndis: Protect RNDIS options with mutex - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb5316b37288ab8791584e32f114c4f41ad45b67
generic

usb: gadget: f_rndis: Protect RNDIS options with mutex - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1b3d5b0acb194efe20fc5864ee03439fa7bd45c
generic

usb: gadget: f_rndis: Protect RNDIS options with mutex - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d8c68b1fc06ece60cf43e1306ff0f4ac121547e
generic

usb: gadget: f_rndis: Protect RNDIS options with mutex - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d8fa3b8783ab95a46e20d97fbeeede719b2efda
generic

usb: gadget: f_rndis: Protect RNDIS options with mutex - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65b7dbf80a1627667c241fff7c1c224f3118014f
generic

usb: gadget: f_rndis: Protect RNDIS options with mutex - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/446f1842cda929c40d4697722bfdcfb334bc9692
generic

usb: gadget: f_rndis: Protect RNDIS options with mutex - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/209decd3f7901df9842b83f2540dc8685e344a07
generic

usb: gadget: f_rndis: Protect RNDIS options with mutex - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a75d97c53477a59c0aa1c65f69038c719f9c5b8

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-43342(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(27)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-hwe-22.04 (6.8.1-1056.57~22.04.2) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-realtime-6.8 (6.8.0-2050.52) @ noble2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-1064.72+fips1) @ noble2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-5.15.0-1075 (5.15.0-1075.79) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt-5.15 (5.15.0.1064.66~20.04.1) @ focal2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt-5.15 (5.15.0.1064.64) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-ibm-edge (5.15.0.1106.110~20.04.1) @ focal2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1058.61) @ noble2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8 (6.8.0-1059.62.1) @ noble2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-aws-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1061.64+1) @ noble2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-5.15 (5.15.0.1107.107) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1063.71) @ noble2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1062.69) @ noble2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-1063.71+fips2) @ noble2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-6.8 (6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1109.105) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1117.126) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-aws-edge (6.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-ibm-edge (6.8.0-1061.62~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-intel-iotg-edge (5.15.0.1107.113~20.04.1) @ focal2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-22.04-edge (6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (5.15.0.1109.115~20.04.1) @ focal2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fips-5.15 (5.15.0.1117.102) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-intel-iotg-5.15 (5.15.0.1107.106) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-edge (5.15.0.1112.122~20.04.1) @ focal2026-08-23ubuntu
linuxKernel @ 5.10.253—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux5.10.103-1 ... 5.10.92-2 (53 versions)5.10.257-1—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (48 versions)6.1.170-1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.38-1 ... 6.12.85-1~bpo12+1 (17 versions)6.12.85-1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.19~rc8-1~exp1 (125 versions)6.19.12-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(25)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 4× in last 7d / 22× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 160 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
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  3. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCOSV refresh
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  19. 2026-08-23 19:14 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-23 19:14 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-08-23 19:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-17 11:55 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-08-17 11:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-16 04:37 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-16 04:37 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-08-16 04:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
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  9. 2026-08-15 00:56 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-08-15 00:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  20. 2026-08-10 00:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-09 02:26 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-09 02:26 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-08-09 02:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-07 17:41 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-08-07 17:41 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-08-07 17:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-06 19:55 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-08-06 19:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-05 22:09 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-08-05 22:09 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-08-05 22:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
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  35. 2026-08-03 22:37 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-08-03 22:37 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-08-03 22:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-08-03 00:52 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-08-03 00:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-08-02 03:06 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-08-02 03:06 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-08-02 03:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-02 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  71. 2026-06-28 05:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  74. 2026-06-26 21:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-06-23 21:33 UTCEPSS rescore

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43342?
CVE-2026-43342 is a medium vulnerability published on May 8, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: f_rndis: Protect RNDIS options with mutex The class/subclass/protocol options are suspectible to race conditions as they can be accessed concurrently through configfs. Use existing mutex to protect these options. This…
When was CVE-2026-43342 disclosed?
CVE-2026-43342 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 8, 2026, with the most recent update on May 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-43342 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43342 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 99.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43342?
CVE-2026-43342 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43342?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-43342, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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