# wifi: iwlwifi: fix 22000 series SMEM parsing

CVE record · `CVE-2026-43172`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-43172`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-129](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/129.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-129](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-129.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 6 May 2026
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 6 May 2026, 11:27 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `ebfa7f8ae155c9a0bb2e4038d6b5d8b14881c424 to before 5cc021586420c5e13acc65da5bf73edd451e2c3e` (git)
  - affected: `ebfa7f8ae155c9a0bb2e4038d6b5d8b14881c424 to before b23c7cd616a6a113363be707b7b9e4bc41b18a07` (git)
  - affected: `ebfa7f8ae155c9a0bb2e4038d6b5d8b14881c424 to before 1d49a42717bdc8de77eabeb5b7d3e88d141ffea9` (git)
  - affected: `ebfa7f8ae155c9a0bb2e4038d6b5d8b14881c424 to before 2b4b1510aaaf5b9fb57327ecffc20c055f61f205` (git)
  - affected: `ebfa7f8ae155c9a0bb2e4038d6b5d8b14881c424 to before 58192b9ce09b0f0f86e2036683bd542130b91a98` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.8`
  - unaffected: `before 5.8` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.114 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.16 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.19.6 to 6.19.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.0 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 8.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0032, the 25th percentile, on 7 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 6 May 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-43172](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43172)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-43172](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43172)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cc021586420c5e13acc65da5bf73edd451e2c3e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b23c7cd616a6a113363be707b7b9e4bc41b18a07>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d49a42717bdc8de77eabeb5b7d3e88d141ffea9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b4b1510aaaf5b9fb57327ecffc20c055f61f205>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58192b9ce09b0f0f86e2036683bd542130b91a98>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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