# CVE-2026-43130: iommu/vt-d: Flush dev-IOTLB only when PCIe device is accessible in scalable mode

> A flaw in the Linux kernel's IOMMU driver causes a system hard-lockup when releasing resources for disconnected PCIe devices, leading to 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:** 6 May 2026
- **Updated:** 23 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2026-43130, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-43130, GHSA-m67f-9cj9-483j, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2026-43130, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-43130, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-43130, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-43130

## What is CVE-2026-43130?

CVE-2026-43130 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 6 May 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:

iommu/vt-d: Flush dev-IOTLB only when PCIe device is accessible in scalable mode

Commit 4fc82cd907ac ("iommu/vt-d: Don't issue ATS Invalidation
request when device is disconnected") relies on
pci_dev_is_disconnected() to skip ATS invalidation for
safely-removed devices, but it does not cover link-down caused
by faults, which can still hard-lock the system.

For example, if a VM fails to connect to the PCIe device,
"virsh destroy" is executed to release resources and isolate
the fault, but a hard-lockup occurs while releasing the group fd.

Call Trace:
 qi_submit_sync
 qi_flush_dev_iotlb
 intel_pasid_tear_down_entry
 device_block_translation
 blocking_domain_attach_dev
 __iommu_attach_device
 __iommu_device_set_domain
 __iommu_group_set_domain_internal
 iommu_detach_group
 vfio_iommu_type1_detach_group
 vfio_group_detach_container
 vfio_group_fops_release
 __fput

Although pci_device_is_present() is slower than
pci_dev_is_disconnected(), it still takes only ~70 µs on a
ConnectX-5 (8 GT/s, x2) and becomes even faster as PCIe speed
and width increase.

Besides, devtlb_invalidation_with_pasid() is called only in the
paths below, which are far less frequent than memory map/unmap.

1. mm-struct release
2. {attach,release}_dev
3. set/remove PASID
4. dirty-tracking setup

The gain in system stability far outweighs the negligible cost
of using pci_device_is_present() instead of pci_dev_is_disconnected()
to decide when to skip ATS invalidation, especially under GDR
high-load conditions.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-43130?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-43130?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-43130 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-43130 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-43130 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-43130 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 6 May 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-2026-43130 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-2026-43130/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-43130/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43130
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43130
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-43130

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