CVE-2026-57043: Android/:unknown: vulnerability

Q: What level of access does an attacker need to exploit this issue?

Exploitation requires System execution privileges. No user interaction is needed.

Q: What impact could successful exploitation have?

The issue could allow local escalation of privilege through memory corruption.

Published Nov 1, 2026

Updated

In tipcdevprobe of tipcvirtiodev.c, there is a possible way to corrupt memory via an off-by-one cleanup loop on probe failure due to a logic error. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected Software

1 affected componentFixes available

android/:unknown:>=Pixel-family specific:0<Pixel-family specific:2026-11-05

Pixel-family specific:2026-11-05

Event History

Nov 1, 2026

Advisory Published

via OSV·12:00 AM

Data Sourced

via OSV·12:00 AM

DescriptionAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

What level of access does an attacker need to exploit this issue?

Exploitation requires System execution privileges. No user interaction is needed.

What impact could successful exploitation have?

The issue could allow local escalation of privilege through memory corruption.

CVE-2026-57043: Android/:unknown: vulnerability

Affected Software

Event History

Frequently Asked Questions

What level of access does an attacker need to exploit this issue?

What impact could successful exploitation have?

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Frequently Asked Questions

What level of access does an attacker need to exploit this issue?

What impact could successful exploitation have?