CVE-2026-43432

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:

usb: xhci: Fix memory leak in xhci_disable_slot()

xhci_alloc_command() allocates a command structure and, when the second argument is true, also allocates a completion structure. Currently, the error handling path in xhci_disable_slot() only frees the command structure using kfree(), causing the completion structure to leak.

Use xhci_free_command() instead of kfree(). xhci_free_command() correctly frees both the command structure and the associated completion structure. Since the command structure is allocated with zero-initialization, command->in_ctx is NULL and will not be erroneously freed by xhci_free_command().

This bug was found using an experimental static analysis tool we are developing. The tool is based on the LLVM framework and is specifically designed to detect memory management issues. It is currently under active development and not yet publicly available, but we plan to open-source it after our research is published.

The bug was originally detected on v6.13-rc1 using our static analysis tool, and we have verified that the issue persists in the latest mainline kernel.

We performed build testing on x86_64 with allyesconfig using GCC=11.4.0. Since triggering these error paths in xhci_disable_slot() requires specific hardware conditions or abnormal state, we were unable to construct a test case to reliably trigger these specific error paths at runtime.

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 20, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Jun 15, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

usb: xhci: Fix memory leak in xhci_disable_slot() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c65f1b840ab8ce72ba68f1b63bab7960f8fdfa89
generic

usb: xhci: Fix memory leak in xhci_disable_slot() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1c8550e70401159184130a1afc6261db01fc0ce
generic

usb: xhci: Fix memory leak in xhci_disable_slot() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/807e4fb5140c73eb5dba1e399a990db5c1f3cdf8
generic

usb: xhci: Fix memory leak in xhci_disable_slot() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6288baf0c8c4dcfbf206773aede9c1f2269cec28
generic

usb: xhci: Fix memory leak in xhci_disable_slot() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46aea90763832cd6e9b0c2e1c00e6a9512156d4b
generic

usb: xhci: Fix memory leak in xhci_disable_slot() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e2baa8fb5aa4d080cbfeb84c51eff797529f413
generic

usb: xhci: Fix memory leak in xhci_disable_slot() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e800e26d54ccf2ddf2ea6d6cbe021c804d8aa62
generic

usb: xhci: Fix memory leak in xhci_disable_slot() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/078b446efc0f5e496c31bccb72b98af979963a83

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-43432(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 @ 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.

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

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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.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43432?
CVE-2026-43432 is a medium vulnerability published on May 8, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: xhci: Fix memory leak in xhcidisableslot() xhcialloccommand() allocates a command structure and, when the second argument is true, also allocates a completion structure. Currently, the error handling path in xhcidisableslot()…
When was CVE-2026-43432 disclosed?
CVE-2026-43432 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 8, 2026, with the most recent update on May 20, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-43432 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43432 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 97.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43432?
CVE-2026-43432 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43432?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-43432, 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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