CVE-2026-43176
Kernel RTL8922DE WiFi driver crash from malformed release report.
Is CVE-2026-43176 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-43176 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.26% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-43176?
CVE-2026-43176 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-43176?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-43176. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-43176 affect?
CVE-2026-43176 affects Linux kernel, RTL8922DE WLAN driver. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-43176?
Update to patched kernel release; reboot after upgrade.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Kernel crash/DoS via malformed TX release report in RTL8922DE; potential system instability.
Patch when possible
- affected>= 110f3c11f440d78ef8a181f75456e24e428f69e4 and < ebeaa3b24ba568ff8505165f954dba15cc53e4b3
- affected>= 110f3c11f440d78ef8a181f75456e24e428f69e4 and < 3e8a88b5e8b3506d9c5e031a65ba65ce9a0683a3
- affected>= 110f3c11f440d78ef8a181f75456e24e428f69e4 and < 5f93d611b33a05bd03d6843c8efe8cb6a1992620
- affected6.18
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.