HOMEVULNERABILITIESCVE-2026-43258
HIGH

CVE-2026-43258

Published: May 6, 2026· Updated: May 11, 2026

7.8
CVSS v3.1
EPSS:0.02%probability of exploitation in 30 daysPercentile:4.7th

Official Description

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

alpha: fix user-space corruption during memory compaction

Alpha systems can suffer sporadic user-space crashes and heap

corruption when memory compaction is enabled.

Symptoms include SIGSEGV, glibc allocator failures (e.g. "unaligned

tcache chunk"), and compiler internal errors. The failures disappear

when compaction is disabled or when using global TLB invalidation.

The root cause is insufficient TLB shootdown during page migration.

Alpha relies on ASN-based MM context rollover for instruction cache

coherency, but this alone is not sufficient to prevent stale data or

instruction translations from surviving migration.

Fix this by introducing a migration-specific helper that combines:

- MM context invalidation (ASN rollover),

- immediate per-CPU TLB invalidation (TBI),

- synchronous cross-CPU shootdown when required.

The helper is used only by migration/compaction paths to avoid changing

global TLB semantics.

Additionally, update flush_tlb_other(), pte_clear(), to use

READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() for correct SMP memory ordering.

This fixes observed crashes on both UP and SMP Alpha systems.

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2026-43258 requires local access, meaning attackers must already have a foothold on the target system.

Exploitation requires low privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.

A successful exploit results in complete confidentiality breach (data exposure), full integrity compromise (data manipulation), availability disruption (denial of service), with a CVSS base score of 7.8.

CVSS v3.1 Vector Breakdown

Exploitability
Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges Req.Low
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
Impact
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Vendors & Products

Linux1 product
linux kernel
Source: NVD CPE · 2 total CPE entries

Exploit & PoC Resources

NO KNOWN EXPLOITNo public exploit confirmed at this time
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Official Patches & Advisories

All References (4)

Quick Facts

CVE IDCVE-2026-43258
CVSS Score7.8 / 10
SeverityHIGH
CISA KEVNo
EPSS (30d)0.02%
Affected1 vendor
PublishedMay 6, 2026

Recommended Actions

  • Apply vendor patches immediately
  • Monitor CVE-2026-43258 in threat intel feeds
  • Review IDS/IPS signatures for exploitation attempts
Data sourced from NVD (NIST), CISA KEV, and EPSS (FIRST). Analysis generated by CTIWATCH.COM. CVE data is provided under the NVD usage policy.