Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-43319
Published: May 9, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU130863
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-2026-43319
CWE-ID: CWE-667
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 lock management in the spidev driver when handling concurrent write and ioctl operations on the same spidev file descriptor. A local user can perform write() and SPI_IOC_WR_MAX_SPEED_HZ ioctl() calls from separate threads to cause a denial of service.
The issue is triggered by an AB-BA locking pattern involving spi_lock and buf_lock.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-43319
Install security update from vendor's repository.