🛡️ CVE-2026-43214 — kernel

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

KVM: x86: Add SRCU protection for reading PDPTRs in __get_sregs2()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: x86: Add SRCU protection for reading PDPTRs in __get_sregs2()

Add SRCU read-side protection when reading PDPTR registers in

__get_sregs2().

Reading PDPTRs may trigger access to guest memory:

kvm_pdptr_read() -> svm_cache_reg() -> load_pdptrs() ->

kvm_vcpu_read_guest_page() -> kvm_vcpu_gfn_to_memslot()

kvm_vcpu_gfn_to_memslot() dereferences memslots via __kvm_memslots(),

which uses srcu_dereference_check() and requires either kvm->srcu or

kvm->slots_lock to be held. Currently only vcpu->mutex is held,

triggering lockdep warning:

=============================

WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in kvm_vcpu_gfn_to_memslot

6.12.59+ #3 Not tainted

include/linux/kvm_host.h:1062 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!

other info that might help us debug this:

rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1

1 lock held by syz.5.1717/15100:

#0: ff1100002f4b00b0 (&vcpu->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x1d5/0x1590

Call Trace:

<TASK>

__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]

dump_stack_lvl+0xf0/0x120 lib/dump_stack.c:120

lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x1e3/0x270 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6824

__kvm_memslots include/linux/kvm_host.h:1062 [inline]

__kvm_memslots include/linux/kvm_host.h:1059 [inline]

kvm_vcpu_memslots include/linux/kvm_host.h:1076 [inline]

kvm_vcpu_gfn_to_memslot+0x518/0x5e0 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2617

kvm_vcpu_read_guest_page+0x27/0x50 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:3302

load_pdptrs+0xff/0x4b0 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:1065

svm_cache_reg+0x1c9/0x230 arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c:1688

kvm_pdptr_read arch/x86/kvm/kvm_cache_regs.h:141 [inline]

__get_sregs2 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11784 [inline]

kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl+0x3e20/0x4aa0 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:6279

kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x856/0x1590 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4663

vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]

__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline]

__se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:893 [inline]

__x64_sys_ioctl+0x18b/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:893

do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]

do_syscall_64+0xbd/0x1d0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83

entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Affected software

CVE-2026-43214 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.19.0 up to 6.19.6)
  • linux-kernel (from 6.19 up to 6.19.6)
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 6 May 2026 and last revised on 6 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

CVE-2026-43214 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity High
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-05-06
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-06

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.19.0 6.19.6
linux-kernel 6.19 6.19.6
unknown

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