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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-43242

critical Nessus Plugin ID 312707

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - soc: ti: k3-socinfo: Fix regmap leak on probe failure The mmio regmap allocated during probe is never freed. Switch to using the device managed allocator so that the regmap is released on probe failures (e.g.
 probe deferral) and on driver unbind. (CVE-2026-43242)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-43242

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 312707

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_43242.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 5/6/2026

Updated: 5/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-43242

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-43242