Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-43194

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU130538

Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-43194

Published: May 7, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU130538
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-43194
CWE-ID: CWE-670
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of transmit error return codes in tcp_write_xmit() when processing GSO frames on qdisc-less network devices. A local user can trigger packet drops on a veth-based setup to cause a denial of service.

The issue occurs in configurations using qdisc-less devices, such as veth with TSO disabled and NAPI enabled, where loss of a single segment in a GSO super frame can be treated as loss of the entire frame and leave a TCP connection stuck.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Real Time Module
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
Legacy Module
Public Cloud Module
Ubuntu
openEuler
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_67-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_18-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_67-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_19-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_73-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_73-default-debuginfo
bpftool
kernel
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-source
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
perf
kernel-headers
kernel-devel
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-source-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt
kernel-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-docs
kernel-syms
kernel-macros
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-obs-build
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-default-base
kernel-extra-modules
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-43194

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_67-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_18-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_67-rt - update to 1-150700.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_19-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_73-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_73-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.4
bpftool - addressed in versions 5.10.0-317.0.0.220, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-317.0.0.220, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-317.0.0.220, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-317.0.0.220, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-317.0.0.220, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-317.0.0.220, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-317.0.0.220, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-317.0.0.220, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-317.0.0.220, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-317.0.0.220, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-317.0.0.220, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-317.0.0.220, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-317.0.0.220, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-317.0.0.220, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-317.0.0.220, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.184.155, 5.15.0-184.194, 5.15.0-184.194~20.04.1, 5.15.0.186.166, 5.15.0-186.196, 5.15.0-186.196~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1075.78, 5.15.0-1075.79, 5.15.0.1095.94, 5.15.0-1095.103, 5.15.0.1104.100, 5.15.0-1104.109, 5.15.0.1108.107, 5.15.0-1108.114, 5.15.0.1111.115, 5.15.0-1111.120+fips1, 5.15.0.1112.102, 5.15.0.1112.109, 5.15.0-1112.122, 5.15.0-1112.122+fips1, 6.8.0-134.134, 6.8.0-1057.58~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1058.61+fips1, 6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1060.61, 6.8.0-1060.63+fips1, 6.8.0-1060.63~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1063.69, 6.8.0-1063.69+fips1, 6.8.1-1055.56, 6.8.1-1055.56~22.04.1
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.186.109, 5.15.0-186.196+fips1, 5.15.0.1106.103, 5.15.0-1106.110, 5.15.0.1107.107, 5.15.0-1107.108, 5.15.0.1112.108, 5.15.0.1112.115, 5.15.0-1112.119, 5.15.0-1112.119+fips1, 5.15.0-1112.119~20.04.1
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1053.53, 5.15.0.1053.55, 5.15.0.1064.64, 5.15.0-1064.66, 6.8.0-1029.30
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1064.66~20.04.1
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1104.106, 5.15.0.1104.108, 5.15.0-1107.113~20.04.1
linux-ibm-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1106.110~20.04.1
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1107.106, 5.15.0-1107.113
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1109.105, 5.15.0-1109.115, 5.15.0.1117.115, 5.15.0-1117.126, 6.8.0-1063.71, 6.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1109.115~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.2
linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1112.122~20.04.1
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1117.102, 5.15.0-1117.126+fips1, 6.8.0-134.134+fips1, 6.8.0-1062.69+fips1
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1117.126, 6.8.0-1062.69
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2.150700.17.41.4
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-145.3.15.146
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1045.48, 6.8.0-1057.58~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1058.61.1, 6.8.0-1058.64, 6.8.0-1060.61~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1060.63~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1063.69~22.04.1
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1060.64
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-2049.50

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