CVE-2026-43500: rxrpc: Also unshare DATA/RESPONSE packets when paged frags are present

Overview

Severity
High (CVSS 7.8)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Patch Tuesday
2026-May
Released
2026-05-12
Last Updated
2026-06-23
EPSS Score
92.64% (percentile: 99.8%)

Detection & Weaponization (2 sources)

Maturity: Exploit

  • Metasploit modules: rxkad Page-Cache Write via CVE-2026-43500
  • GitHub PoC: 2 repositories

Affected Products (3)

Open Source Software

  • azl3 kernel 6.6.138.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • azl3 kernel 6.6.139.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0

Other

  • 21443-17084

Revision History

  • 2026-05-12: Information published.
  • 2026-05-17: Information published.
  • 2026-06-17: Information published.
  • 2026-06-23: Information published.