CVE-2026-43258

EUVD-2026-27817
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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 3%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.16.1 ≤
𝑥
< 6.12.75
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13 ≤
𝑥
< 6.18.16
linuxlinux_kernel
6.19 ≤
𝑥
< 6.19.6
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.16
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.16:rc2
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.16:rc3
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.16:rc4
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.16:rc5
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.16:rc6
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.16:rc7
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
vulnerable
bookworm (security)
vulnerable
bullseye
vulnerable
bullseye (security)
vulnerable
forky
7.0.12-2
fixed
sid
7.0.13-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.86-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.94-1
fixed
Amazon Linux logo
Amazon Linux Releases
Amazon Package
Release
bpftool6.12
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023
fixed
bpftool6.12-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023
fixed
bpftool6.18
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
bpftool6.18-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel-livepatch-6.12.77-99.140
Amazon Linux 2023
1:1.0-0.amzn2023
fixed
kernel-livepatch-6.18.16-18.222
Amazon Linux 2023
1:1.0-0.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-devel
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-headers
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-libbpf
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-libbpf-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-libbpf-devel
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-libbpf-static
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-modules-extra
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1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-modules-extra-common
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1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-tools
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1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-tools-debuginfo
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1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.12-tools-devel
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-devel
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-headers
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-libbpf
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-libbpf-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-libbpf-devel
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-libbpf-static
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-modules-extra
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-modules-extra-common
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-tools
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-tools-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-tools-devel
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
perf6.12
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023
fixed
perf6.12-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023
fixed
perf6.18
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
perf6.18-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
python3-perf6.12
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023
fixed
python3-perf6.12-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023
fixed
python3-perf6.18
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
python3-perf6.18-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed