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CVE-2026-43008: Linux GKE kernels could crash from pointer handling bug
CVE-2026-43008 · published 6 months ago
Summary
The Linux kernel packages used in Google Kubernetes Engine (versions 4.15, 5.4 and related HWE builds) contain a coding mistake that checks the wrong condition when setting up a hardware register map. If the setup fails, the code may try to use an invalid pointer, which can cause the system to crash or become unstable. Updating to the latest patched kernel version from the same vendor resolves the issue.
What to do
- Update canonical linux-nvidia to version 7.0.0-1006.6.
- Update debian linux to version 6.19.12-1.
- Update linux kernel to version 6.19.12.
- Update linux linux_kernel to version 6.19.12 or later.
Affected software
| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke-4.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-edge | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-intel-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.10 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.6 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-allwinner-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.19 | All versions |
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| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-intel-iot-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia |
< 7.0.0-1006.6 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1006.6
|
| Debian:14 | debian | linux |
< 6.19.12-1 Fix: upgrade to 6.19.12-1
|
| – | linux | linux_kernel |
>= 6.19, < 6.19.12 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-edge | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-edge | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.1 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-starfive-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-starfive-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-starfive-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-bluefield | All versions |
| Linux | linux | kernel |
>= 6.19.0, < 6.19.12 Fix: upgrade to 6.19.12
|
Original advisory text
gpio: qixis-fpga: Fix error handling for devm_regmap_init_mmio()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gpio: qixis-fpga: Fix error handling for devm_regmap_init_mmio()
devm_regmap_init_mmio() returns an ERR_PTR() on failure, not NULL.
The original code checked for NULL which would never trigger on error,
potentially leading to an invalid pointer dereference.
Use IS_ERR() and PTR_ERR() to properly handle the error case.
gpio: qixis-fpga: Fix error handling for devm_regmap_init_mmio()
devm_regmap_init_mmio() returns an ERR_PTR() on failure, not NULL.
The original code checked for NULL which would never trigger on error,
potentially leading to an invalid pointer dereference.
Use IS_ERR() and PTR_ERR() to properly handle the error case.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-43008 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2026-43008 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-43008 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43008 Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/8de4e0f44c638c66cdc5eeb4d5ab9acd61c31e4f Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8de4e0f44c638c66cdc5eeb4d5ab9acd61c31e4f URL
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e54b8fe9454cc786590a0b88db96afe0cdc8a83d URL
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/43xxx/CVE-2026-43008... Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43008 Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git Product
Internet-facing
60 days
Internal
At next upgrade
- Not known to be exploited
- Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
- Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)
Type
CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference
Timeline
Published1 May 2026
Updated26 Oct 2026
First seen1 May 2026
Sources
CVE-2026-43008 · NVD
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-43008 · OSV
BELL-CVE-2026-43008 · OSV
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-43008 · OSV
CVE-2026-43008 · OSV
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