Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-43331

Vulnerability identifier: #VU130856

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-2026-43331

CWE-ID: CWE-670

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of kcOV instrumentation state in machine kexec code when executing kexec on a KCOV-instrumented kernel. A local user can trigger a kexec operation to cause a denial of service.

Exploitation requires CONFIG_KEXEC and CONFIG_KCOV to be enabled simultaneously, and the issue is not relevant to 32-bit kernels.

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
openEuler
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-source
kernel-headers
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool
kernel
kernel-extra-modules
linux (Debian package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
python3-perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
bpftool - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
kernel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.94-1

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e3e98596c2769721ade0418434852fb3af4849a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/917e3ad3321e75ca0223d5ccf26ceda116aa51e1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de05c66fab8847237a9ca216934e56d3ee837f08

• Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation in Linux kernel x86 mm
• Debian update for linux
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP3 update for kernel
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP1 update for kernel