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CVE-2026-43371: Linux macb driver can stall network after resume
CVE-2026-43371 · published 6 months ago
Summary
The network driver used in several Ubuntu kernel packages can lose queued packets and stop sending data when the system wakes from suspend. This can cause long delays for services that rely on network storage. Install the latest kernel updates that include the fix or apply the vendor’s recommended patches.
What to do
- Update debian linux to version 6.19.10-1.
- Update canonical linux to version 6.8.0-138.138.aikido.87.
- Update canonical rootio-linux to version 6.8.0-138.138.aikido.87.
- Update canonical linux-aws-6.8 to version 6.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1.
- Update canonical linux-gcp-6.8 to version 6.8.0-1064.72~22.04.1.
- Update canonical linux-ibm-6.8 to version 6.8.0-1061.62~22.04.1.
- Update canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 to version 6.8.0-136.136.2~22.04.1.
- Update canonical linux-nvidia-6.8 to version 6.8.0-1059.62~22.04.1.
- Update canonical linux-oracle-6.8 to version 6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1.
- Update canonical linux-riscv-6.8 to version 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.3.
- Update canonical linux-realtime-6.8 to version 6.8.1-1056.57~22.04.2.
- Update canonical linux to version 6.8.0-136.136.
- Update canonical linux-aws to version 6.8.0-1061.64.
- Update canonical linux-gcp to version 6.8.0-1064.72.
- Update canonical linux-gke to version 6.8.0-1059.67.
- Update canonical linux-gkeop to version 6.8.0-1046.50.
- Update canonical linux-ibm to version 6.8.0-1061.62.
- Update canonical linux-lowlatency to version 6.8.0-136.136.2.
- Update canonical linux-nvidia to version 6.8.0-1059.62.
- Update canonical linux-nvidia-lowlatency to version 6.8.0-1059.62.1.
- Update canonical linux-nvidia-tegra to version 6.8.0-1030.31.
- Update canonical linux-oracle to version 6.8.0-1058.61.
- Update canonical linux-raspi to version 6.8.0-1061.65.
- Update canonical linux-aws-fips to version 6.8.0-1061.64+fips1.
- Update canonical linux-azure-fips to version 6.8.0-1063.71+fips2.
- Update canonical linux-fips to version 6.8.0-136.136+fips2.
- Update canonical linux-gcp-fips to version 6.8.0-1064.72+fips1.
- Update canonical linux-raspi-realtime to version 6.8.0-2050.52.
- Update canonical linux-realtime to version 6.8.1-1056.57.
- Update canonical linux-xilinx to version 6.8.0-1033.34.
- Update canonical linux-bluefield to version 6.8.0-1028.33.
- Update linux to version 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89.
- Update rootio-linux to version 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89.
- Update linux to version 6.8.0-147.147.aikido.90.
- Update rootio-linux to version 6.8.0-147.147.aikido.90.
- Update linux kernel to version 6.19.9.
Affected software
| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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: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 |
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| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected 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-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 |
< 6.8.0-136.136 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-136.136
|
| 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-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 |
| – | linux | linux_kernel |
>= 6.18.16, < 6.18.20 >= 6.19.6, < 6.19.9 >= 6.1.165, < 6.1.167 >= 6.6.128, < 6.6.130 >= 6.12.75, < 6.12.78 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Debian:14 | debian | linux |
< 6.19.10-1 Fix: upgrade to 6.19.10-1
|
| 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 |
| 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: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 |
| Root:Ubuntu:24.04 | canonical | linux |
< 6.8.0-138.138.aikido.87 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-138.138.aikido.87
|
| Root:Ubuntu:24.04 | canonical | rootio-linux |
< 6.8.0-138.138.aikido.87 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-138.138.aikido.87
|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.8 |
< 6.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1
|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.8 |
< 6.8.0-1064.72~22.04.1 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1064.72~22.04.1
|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-ibm-6.8 |
< 6.8.0-1061.62~22.04.1 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1061.62~22.04.1
|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 |
< 6.8.0-136.136.2~22.04.1 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-136.136.2~22.04.1
|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.8 |
< 6.8.0-1059.62~22.04.1 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1059.62~22.04.1
|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.8 |
< 6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1
|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.8 |
< 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.3 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.3
|
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime-6.8 |
< 6.8.1-1056.57~22.04.2 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.1-1056.57~22.04.2
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws |
< 6.8.0-1061.64 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1061.64
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-nvidia | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp |
< 6.8.0-1064.72 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1064.72
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke |
< 6.8.0-1059.67 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1059.67
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop |
< 6.8.0-1046.50 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1046.50
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-ibm |
< 6.8.0-1061.62 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1061.62
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency |
< 6.8.0-136.136.2 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-136.136.2
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia |
< 6.8.0-1059.62 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1059.62
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-lowlatency |
< 6.8.0-1059.62.1 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1059.62.1
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-tegra |
< 6.8.0-1030.31 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1030.31
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle |
< 6.8.0-1058.61 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1058.61
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi |
< 6.8.0-1061.65 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1061.65
|
| Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-bluefield |
< 6.8.0-1028.33 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1028.33
|
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-fips |
< 6.8.0-1061.64+fips1 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1061.64+fips1
|
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fips |
< 6.8.0-1063.71+fips2 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1063.71+fips2
|
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-fips |
< 6.8.0-136.136+fips2 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-136.136+fips2
|
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-fips |
< 6.8.0-1064.72+fips1 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1064.72+fips1
|
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi-realtime |
< 6.8.0-2050.52 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-2050.52
|
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime |
< 6.8.1-1056.57 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.1-1056.57
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-xilinx |
< 6.8.0-1033.34 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1033.34
|
| Root:Ubuntu:24.04 | – | linux |
< 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89 < 6.8.0-147.147.aikido.90 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89
|
| Root:Ubuntu:24.04 | – | rootio-linux |
< 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89 < 6.8.0-147.147.aikido.90 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-146.146.aikido.89
|
| Linux | linux | kernel |
>= 6.19.6, < 6.19.9 Fix: upgrade to 6.19.9
|
Original advisory text
net: macb: Shuffle the tx ring before enabling tx
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: macb: Shuffle the tx ring before enabling tx
Quanyang observed that when using an NFS rootfs on an AMD ZynqMp board,
the rootfs may take an extended time to recover after a suspend.
Upon investigation, it was determined that the issue originates from a
problem in the macb driver.
According to the Zynq UltraScale TRM [1], when transmit is disabled,
the transmit buffer queue pointer resets to point to the address
specified by the transmit buffer queue base address register.
In the current implementation, the code merely resets `queue->tx_head`
and `queue->tx_tail` to '0'. This approach presents several issues:
- Packets already queued in the tx ring are silently lost,
leading to memory leaks since the associated skbs cannot be released.
- Concurrent write access to `queue->tx_head` and `queue->tx_tail` may
occur from `macb_tx_poll()` or `macb_start_xmit()` when these values
are reset to '0'.
- The transmission may become stuck on a packet that has already been sent
out, with its 'TX_USED' bit set, but has not yet been processed. However,
due to the manipulation of 'queue->tx_head' and 'queue->tx_tail',
`macb_tx_poll()` incorrectly assumes there are no packets to handle
because `queue->tx_head == queue->tx_tail`. This issue is only resolved
when a new packet is placed at this position. This is the root cause of
the prolonged recovery time observed for the NFS root filesystem.
To resolve this issue, shuffle the tx ring and tx skb array so that
the first unsent packet is positioned at the start of the tx ring.
Additionally, ensure that updates to `queue->tx_head` and
`queue->tx_tail` are properly protected with the appropriate lock.
[1] https://docs.amd.com/v/u/en-US/ug1085-zynq-ultrascale-trm
net: macb: Shuffle the tx ring before enabling tx
Quanyang observed that when using an NFS rootfs on an AMD ZynqMp board,
the rootfs may take an extended time to recover after a suspend.
Upon investigation, it was determined that the issue originates from a
problem in the macb driver.
According to the Zynq UltraScale TRM [1], when transmit is disabled,
the transmit buffer queue pointer resets to point to the address
specified by the transmit buffer queue base address register.
In the current implementation, the code merely resets `queue->tx_head`
and `queue->tx_tail` to '0'. This approach presents several issues:
- Packets already queued in the tx ring are silently lost,
leading to memory leaks since the associated skbs cannot be released.
- Concurrent write access to `queue->tx_head` and `queue->tx_tail` may
occur from `macb_tx_poll()` or `macb_start_xmit()` when these values
are reset to '0'.
- The transmission may become stuck on a packet that has already been sent
out, with its 'TX_USED' bit set, but has not yet been processed. However,
due to the manipulation of 'queue->tx_head' and 'queue->tx_tail',
`macb_tx_poll()` incorrectly assumes there are no packets to handle
because `queue->tx_head == queue->tx_tail`. This issue is only resolved
when a new packet is placed at this position. This is the root cause of
the prolonged recovery time observed for the NFS root filesystem.
To resolve this issue, shuffle the tx ring and tx skb array so that
the first unsent packet is positioned at the start of the tx ring.
Additionally, ensure that updates to `queue->tx_head` and
`queue->tx_tail` are properly protected with the appropriate lock.
[1] https://docs.amd.com/v/u/en-US/ug1085-zynq-ultrascale-trm
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-43371 Third Party Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8595-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8596-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8595-2 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8608-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8574-3 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8595-3 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8665-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43371 Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/881a0263d502e1a93ebc13a78254e9ad19520232 Third Party Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8567-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8574-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8574-2 Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/881a0263d502e1a93ebc13a78254e9ad19520232 URL
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a47c3889fcd843c72aa57fa8c4d06f5801fced4 URL
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-43371 Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58f5d34f88e8f00910b692537f7b2efdb8c3705d URL
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88f974fe118cb4653f029929ecbca7cfe06132ae URL
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/403182e0771b250cfde0fe7e1081d095ceaf8230 URL
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43371 Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6783bfa31a59f34fe4feb1bdbf67791ef3fb0b7 URL
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/43xxx/CVE-2026-43371... 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-401Memory Leak
Timeline
Published8 May 2026
Updated26 Oct 2026
First seen8 May 2026
Sources
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-43371 · OSV
CVE-2026-43371 · NVD
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-43371 · OSV
CVE-2026-43371 · OSV
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