CVE-2026-43221

unknowncovered by 2 sourcesfirst seen 2026-07-09

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - ARM64 architecture; - MIPS architecture; - PowerPC architecture; - x86 architecture; - Block layer subsystem; - Cryptographic API; - ACPI drivers; - ATM drivers; - RNBD block device driver; - Ublk userspace block driver; - Bus devices; - Character device driver; - TPM device driver; - Clock framework and drivers; - Clocksource drivers; - CPU idle management framework; - Hardware crypto device drivers; - DMA engine subsystem; - EFI core; - GPIO subsystem; - GPU drivers; - HID subsystem; - Hardware monitoring drivers; - IIO subsystem; - InfiniBand drivers; - IOMMU subsystem; - Multiple devices driver; - Media drivers; - Multifunction device drivers; - Broadcom VK accelerator driver; - MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport) drivers; - MTD block device drivers; - Ethernet bonding driver; - Network drivers; - Mellanox network drivers; - STMicroelectronics network drivers; - NTB driver; - NVME drivers; - PCI subsystem; - Performance monitor drivers; - Pin controllers subsystem; - x86 platform drivers; - Power supply drivers; - RapidIO drivers; - RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) subsystem; - Remote Processor subsystem; - RPMSG subsystem; - S/390 drivers; - SCSI subsystem; - MediaTek SoC drivers; - Texas Instruments SoC drivers; - SPI subsystem; - Greybus lights staging drivers; - Realtek RTL8723BS SDIO drivers; - UFS subsystem; - ChipIdea USB driver; - DesignWare USB3 driver; - USB over IP driver; - vDPA drivers; - Virtio Host (VHOST) subsystem; - Framebuffer layer; - BTRFS file system; - File systems infrastructure; - Ceph distributed file system; - Ext4 file system; - F2FS file system; - FAT file system; - GFS2 file system; - HFS+ file system; - JFS file system; - Network file system (NFS) server daemon; - NILFS2 file system; - NTFS3 file system; - OCFS2 file system; - Proc fi

CSIRTS triage

What: Several vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to compromise the system.
Who is affected: Users of the Linux kernel across various architectures.
Urgency: Remediation urgency is unknown due to the lack of specific severity ratings.
Action: Apply the latest kernel updates to mitigate potential risks.

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Exploitation outlook

Low exploitation risk0.13% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 3% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (2)

unknownUSN-8492-5: Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-10
unknownUSN-8492-4: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-09

External references

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