# CVE-2026-23128: arm64: Set __nocfi on swsusp_arch_resume()

> A kernel crash occurs during hibernation resume on ARM64 systems due to a Control Flow Integrity check failure, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 14 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2026-23128, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23128, GHSA-7jxv-w4j5-p37v, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-23128, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-23128, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23128

## What is CVE-2026-23128?

CVE-2026-23128 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 14 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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 swapper
[   22.991934][    T1] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000007 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[   22.991934][    T1] Dumping ftrace buffer:
[   22.991934][    T1]    (ftrace buffer empty)
[   22.991934][    T1] Modules linked in:
[   22.991934][    T1] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.6.98-android15-8-g0b1d2aee7fc3-dirty-4k #1 688c7060a825a3ac418fe53881730b355915a419
[   22.991934][    T1] Hardware name: Unisoc UMS9360-base Board (DT)
[   22.991934][    T1] pstate: 804000c5 (Nzcv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[   22.991934][    T1] pc : swsusp_arch_resume+0x2ac/0x344
[   22.991934][    T1] lr : swsusp_arch_resume+0x294/0x344
[   22.991934][    T1] sp : ffffffc08006b960
[   22.991934][    T1] x29: ffffffc08006b9c0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000000000000
[   22.991934][    T1] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000820
[   22.991934][    T1] x23: ffffffd0817e3000 x22: ffffffd0817e3000 x21: 0000000000000000
[   22.991934][    T1] x20: ffffff8089171000 x19: ffffffd08252c8c8 x18: ffffffc080061058
[   22.991934][    T1] x17: 00000000529c6ef0 x16: 00000000529c6ef0 x15: 0000000000000004
[   22.991934][    T1] x14: ffffff8178c88000 x13: 0000000000000006 x12: 0000000000000000
[   22.991934][    T1] x11: 0000000000000015 x10: 0000000000000001 x9 : ffffffd082533000
[   22.991934][    T1] x8 : 0000000109171000 x7 : 205b5d3433393139 x6 : 392e32322020205b
[   22.991934][    T1] x5 : 000000010916f000 x4 : 000000008164b000 x3 : ffffff808a4e0530
[   22.991934][    T1] x2 : ffffffd08058e784 x1 : 0000000082326000 x0 : 000000010a283000
[   22.991934][    T1] Call trace:
[   22.991934][    T1]  swsusp_arch_resume+0x2ac/0x344
[   22.991934][    T1]  hibernation_restore+0x158/0x18c
[   22.991934][    T1]  load_image_and_restore+0xb0/0xec
[   22.991934][    T1]  software_resume+0xf4/0x19c
[   22.991934][    T1]  software_resume_initcall+0x34/0x78
[   22.991934][    T1]  do_one_initcall+0xe8/0x370
[   22.991934][    T1]  do_initcall_level+0xc8/0x19c
[   22.991934][    T1]  do_initcalls+0x70/0xc0
[   22.991934][    T1]  do_basic_setup+0x1c/0x28
[   22.991934][    T1]  kernel_init_freeable+0xe0/0x148
[   22.991934][    T1]  kernel_init+0x20/0x1a8
[   22.991934][    T1]  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
[   22.991934][    T1] Code: a9400a61 f94013e0 f9438923 f9400a64 (b85fc110)

[catalin.marinas@arm.com: commit log updated by Mark Rutland]

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-23128?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-23128?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-23128 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23128 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-23128 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-23128 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 14 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23128 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23128/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23128/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23128
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23128
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23128

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23128/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.
