Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-43331
Published: May 9, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU130856
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-43331
CWE-ID: CWE-670
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-43331
Install security update from vendor's repository.