# net: consume xmit errors of GSO frames

CVE record · `CVE-2026-43194`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-43194`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.5 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-754](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/754.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-754](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-754.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 6 May 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 6 May 2026, 11:28 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: `1f59533f9ca5634e7b8914252e48aee9d9cbe501 to before ae3f627b45fbc3c776a4e484696f3cad7cbb4eca` (git)
  - affected: `1f59533f9ca5634e7b8914252e48aee9d9cbe501 to before 0c9de092ef8c50a7ee9612811566f0aa81d8d7b6` (git)
  - affected: `1f59533f9ca5634e7b8914252e48aee9d9cbe501 to before 56bd32c0edca34041a5c215887fcf562fae2e2db` (git)
  - affected: `1f59533f9ca5634e7b8914252e48aee9d9cbe501 to before 9ac6aebef4b4bfc5ed408b0b65645981574bc780` (git)
  - affected: `1f59533f9ca5634e7b8914252e48aee9d9cbe501 to before ea5d7787635e26ec1194ec7eec0e8e5ae3bd10a5` (git)
  - affected: `1f59533f9ca5634e7b8914252e48aee9d9cbe501 to before 4cb163e9efcac4cd35c3043e097f25081a5c015c` (git)
  - affected: `1f59533f9ca5634e7b8914252e48aee9d9cbe501 to before c86901d22c89a6bf4e2f013e948aaabc60869893` (git)
  - affected: `1f59533f9ca5634e7b8914252e48aee9d9cbe501 to before 7aa767d0d3d04e50ae94e770db7db8197f666970` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `3.18`
  - unaffected: `before 3.18` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.252 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.202 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.165 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.128 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.75 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

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

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0053, the 45th percentile, on 9 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-2026-43194](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43194)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-43194](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43194)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae3f627b45fbc3c776a4e484696f3cad7cbb4eca>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c9de092ef8c50a7ee9612811566f0aa81d8d7b6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56bd32c0edca34041a5c215887fcf562fae2e2db>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ac6aebef4b4bfc5ed408b0b65645981574bc780>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea5d7787635e26ec1194ec7eec0e8e5ae3bd10a5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cb163e9efcac4cd35c3043e097f25081a5c015c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c86901d22c89a6bf4e2f013e948aaabc60869893>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7aa767d0d3d04e50ae94e770db7db8197f666970>

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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