Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2026-23128)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2026-23128). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.1.162, 6.6.122, 6.12.68, 6.18.8 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

arm64: Set __nocfi on swsusp_arch_resume()

A DABT is reported[1] on an android based system when resume from hiberate.
This happens because swsusp_arch_suspend_exit() is marked with SYM_CODE_*()
and does not have a CFI hash, but swsusp_arch_resume() will attempt to
verify the CFI hash when calling a copy of swsusp_arch_suspend_exit().

Given that there's an existing requirement that the entrypoint to
swsusp_arch_suspend_exit() is the first byte of the .hibernate_exit.text
section, we cannot fix this by marking swsusp_arch_suspend_exit() with
SYM_FUNC_*(). The simplest fix for now is to disable the CFI check in
swsusp_arch_resume().

Mark swsusp_arch_resume() as __nocfi to disable the CFI check.

[1]
[ 22.991934][ T1] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000109170ffc
[ 22.991934][ T1] Mem abort info:
[ 22.991934][ T1] ESR = 0x0000000096000007
[ 22.991934][ T1] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 22.991934][ T1] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 22.991934][ T1] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 22.991934][ T1] FSC = 0x07: level 3 translation fault
[ 22.991934][ T1] Data abort info:
[ 22.991934][ T1] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000007, ISS2 = 0x00000000
[ 22.991934][ T1] CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
[ 22.991934][ T1] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
[ 22.991934][ T1] [0000000109170ffc] user address but active_mm is swa…

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-23128 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.1.162, 6.6.122, 6.12.68, 6.18.8 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2026-23128" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2026-23128 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.1.162, 6.6.122, 6.12.68, 6.18.8 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Kernel.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 6.1.162, 6.6.122, 6.12.68, 6.18.8.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Kernel' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'Kernel' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で Kernel を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade Kernel to 6.1.162, 6.6.122, 6.12.68, 6.18.8
```
ステージング環境で 6.1.162, 6.6.122, 6.12.68, 6.18.8 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Linux Kernel

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.1.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.162"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.122"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.68"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.8"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2026-23128 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.1.163-r0
Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23128 linux Fixed in: 6.1.162-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23128 linux