Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-43213)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-43213). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: rtw89: pci: validate sequence number of TX release report
Hardware rarely reports abnormal sequence number in TX release report,
which will access out-of-bounds of wd_ring->pages array, causing NULL
pointer dereference.
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
CPU: 1 PID: 1085 Comm: irq/129-rtw89_p Tainted: G S U
6.1.145-17510-g2f3369c91536 #1 (HASH:69e8 1)
Call Trace:
rtw89_pci_release_tx+0x18f/0x300 [rtw89_pci (HASH:4c83 2)]
rtw89_pci_napi_poll+0xc2/0x190 [rtw89_pci (HASH:4c83 2)]
net_rx_action+0xfc/0x460 net/core/dev.c:6578 net/core/dev.c:6645 net/core/dev.c:6759
handle_softirqs+0xbe/0x290 kernel/softirq.c:601
? rtw89_pci_interrupt_threadfn+0xc5/0x350 [rtw89_pci (HASH:4c83 2)]
__local_bh_enable_ip+0xeb/0x120 kernel/softirq.c:499 kernel/softirq.c:423
rtw89_pci_interrupt_threadfn+0xf8/0x350 [rtw89_pci (HASH:4c83 2)]
? irq_thread+0xa7/0x340 kernel/irq/manage.c:0
irq_thread+0x177/0x340 kernel/irq/manage.c:1205 kernel/irq/manage.c:1314
? thaw_kernel_threads+0xb0/0xb0 kernel/irq/manage.c:1202
? irq_forced_thread_fn+0x80/0x80 kernel/irq/manage.c:1220
kthread+0xea/0x110 kernel/kthread.c:376
? synchronize_irq+0x1a0/0x1a0 kernel/irq/manage.c:1287
? kthread_associate_blkcg+0…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-43213 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-43213" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-43213 (Linux kernel) — CWE-476 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: adjacent-network / unauthenticated / no user interaction
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.
A vulnerability (CWE-476) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-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
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2026-43213 linux-lts
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-43213 linux
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-43213 linux
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web github.com