CVE-2026-43258

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: alpha: fix user-space corruption during memory compaction Alpha systems can suffer sporadic user-space crashes and heap corruption when memory compaction is enabled. Symptoms include SIGSEGV, glibc allocator failures (e.g. "unaligned tcache chunk"), and compiler internal errors. The failures disappear when compaction is disabled or when using global TLB invalidation. The root cause is insufficient TLB shootdown during page migration. Alpha relies on ASN-based MM context rollover for instruction cache coherency, but this alone is not sufficient to prevent stale data or instruction translations from surviving migration. Fix this by introducing a migration-specific helper that combines: - MM context invalidation (ASN rollover), - immediate per-CPU TLB invalidation (TBI), - synchronous cross-CPU shootdown when required. The helper is used only by migration/compaction paths to avoid changing global TLB semantics. Additionally, update flush_tlb_other(), pte_clear(), to use READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() for correct SMP memory ordering. This fixes observed crashes on both UP and SMP Alpha systems.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMay 6, 2026
First seenMay 6, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel6.12.75, 6.18.16, 6.19.6 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel2.6.16.1 ≤ v < 6.12.75, 6.13 ≤ v < 6.18.16, 6.19 ≤ v < 6.19.6, 2.6.166.12.75, 6.18.16, 6.19.6
microsoft azl3_kernel_6.6.137.1-2No range specified—
microsoft azl3_kernel_6.6.144.1-1No range specified—
microsoft azl3_kernel_6.6.145.2-1No range specified—
microsoft azl3_kernel_6.6.138.1-1No range specified—
microsoft azl3_kernel_6.6.139.1-1No range specified—
microsoft azl3_kernel_6.6.141.1-1No range specified—
microsoft azl3_kernel_6.6.143.1-1No range specified—
microsoft azl3_kernel_6.6.150.1-1No range specified—
microsoft azl3_kernel_6.6.152.1-1No range specified—
microsoft azl3_kernel_6.6.157.1-1No range specified—
microsoft azl3_kernel_6.6.159.1-1No range specified—

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CVE-2026-43258 · Linux Kernel · Dark Radar