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THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-43216 (MEDIUM 5.5) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: Drop the lock in skb_may_tx_timestamp() skb_may_tx_timestamp() may acquire sock::sk_callback_lock. The lock must not be taken in IRQ context, only softirq is okay. A few drivers receive the timestamp via a

[NVD] CVE-2026-43216 (MEDIUM 5.5) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: Drop the lock in skb_may_tx_timestamp() skb_may_tx_timestamp() may acquire sock::sk_callback_lock. The lock must not be taken in IRQ context, only softirq is okay. A few drivers receive the timestamp via a

lownvdPublished 2026-05-06

CVE-2026-43216 CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM Published: 2026-05-06T12:16:41.190

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: Drop the lock in skb_may_tx_timestamp()

skb_may_tx_timestamp() may acquire sock::sk_callback_lock. The lock must not be taken in IRQ context, only softirq is okay. A few drivers receive the timestamp via a dedicated interrupt and complete the TX timestamp f

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CVE-2026-43216cve

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43216