CVE-2026-43396

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-08. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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

drm/xe/sync: Fix user fence leak on alloc failure

When dma_fence_chain_alloc() fails, properly release the user fence reference to prevent a memory leak.

(cherry picked from commit a5d5634cde48a9fcd68c8504aa07f89f175074a0)

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: 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
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 8, 2026

Last Modified

May 21, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jun 17, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

drm/xe/sync: Fix user fence leak on alloc failure - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8f90b33934b307f6e4599b9fae38aa1ee5441a7
generic

drm/xe/sync: Fix user fence leak on alloc failure - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0879c3f04f67e2a1677c25dcc24669ce21eb6a6c
generic

drm/xe/sync: Fix user fence leak on alloc failure - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05edc78eb4699e8e000a62aaa8dace50a17e19e3

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-43396(1)

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

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
linuxKernel @ 6.18.20—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

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.19~rc8-1~exp1 (122 versions)6.19.10-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 4× in last 7d / 26× 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 171 total refreshes for this CVE.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43396?
CVE-2026-43396 is a medium vulnerability published on May 8, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/sync: Fix user fence leak on alloc failure When dmafencechain_alloc() fails, properly release the user fence reference to prevent a memory leak. (cherry picked from commit a5d5634cde48a9fcd68c8504aa07f89f175074a0)
When was CVE-2026-43396 disclosed?
CVE-2026-43396 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 8, 2026, with the most recent update on May 21, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-43396 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43396 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 97.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43396?
CVE-2026-43396 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43396?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-43396, 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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