CVE-2026-43343

Name	CVE-2026-43343
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: f_subset: Fix unbalanced refcnt in geth_free geth_alloc() increments the reference count, but geth_free() fails to decrement it. This prevents the configuration of attributes via configfs after unlinking the function. Decrement the reference count in geth_free() to ensure proper cleanup.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.251-4	vulnerable
	bookworm	6.1.159-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.170-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.73-1	vulnerable
	trixie (security)	6.12.86-1	fixed
	forky	6.19.14-1	fixed
	sid	7.0.4-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.170-1
linux	source	trixie	6.12.85-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.19.12-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/caa27923aacd8a5869207842f2ab1657c6c0c7bc (7.0-rc7)