{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-43164", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-05-01T14:12:55.990Z", "datePublished": "2026-05-06T11:27:41.928Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-06T11:27:41.928Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-06T11:27:41.928Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nudplite: Fix null-ptr-deref in __udp_enqueue_schedule_skb().\n\nsyzbot reported null-ptr-deref of udp_sk(sk)->udp_prod_queue. [0]\n\nSince the cited commit, udp_lib_init_sock() can fail, as can\nudp_init_sock() and udpv6_init_sock().\n\nLet's handle the error in udplite_sk_init() and udplitev6_sk_init().\n\n[0]:\nBUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:82 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in atomic_read include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:32 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in __udp_enqueue_schedule_skb+0x151/0x1480 net/ipv4/udp.c:1719\nRead of size 4 at addr 0000000000000008 by task syz.2.18/2944\n\nCPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 2944 Comm: syz.2.18 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPTLAZY\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025\nCall Trace:\n <IRQ>\n dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120\n kasan_report+0xa2/0xe0 mm/kasan/report.c:595\n check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline]\n kasan_check_range+0x264/0x2c0 mm/kasan/generic.c:200\n instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:82 [inline]\n 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