# CVE-2026-43277: APEI/GHES: ensure that won't go past CPER allocated record

> A flaw in the Linux kernel APEI/GHES driver allows a bad firmware to cause a kernel OOPS via memory corruption, 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:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2026-43277, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-43277, GHSA-jphw-vq37-q7ww, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2026-43277, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-43277, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-43277, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-43277

## What is CVE-2026-43277?

CVE-2026-43277 is a medium-severity memory corruption 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:

APEI/GHES: ensure that won't go past CPER allocated record

The logic at ghes_new() prevents allocating too large records, by
checking if they're bigger than GHES_ESTATUS_MAX_SIZE (currently, 64KB).
Yet, the allocation is done with the actual number of pages from the
CPER bios table location, which can be smaller.

Yet, a bad firmware could send data with a different size, which might
be bigger than the allocated memory, causing an OOPS:

    Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fff00000f9b40000
    Mem abort info:
      ESR = 0x0000000096000007
      EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
      SET = 0, FnV = 0
      EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
      FSC = 0x07: level 3 translation fault
    Data abort info:
      ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000007, ISS2 = 0x00000000
      CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
      GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
    swapper pgtable: 4k pages, 52-bit VAs, pgdp=000000008ba16000
    [fff00000f9b40000] pgd=180000013ffff403, p4d=180000013fffe403, pud=180000013f85b403, pmd=180000013f68d403, pte=0000000000000000
    Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000007 [#1]  SMP
    Modules linked in:
    CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 303 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 6.19.0-rc1-00002-gda407d200220 #34 PREEMPT
    Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS unknown 02/02/2022
    Workqueue: kacpi_notify acpi_os_execute_deferred
    pstate: 214020c5 (nzCv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
    pc : hex_dump_to_buffer+0x30c/0x4a0
    lr : hex_dump_to_buffer+0x328/0x4a0
    sp : ffff800080e13880
    x29: ffff800080e13880 x28: ffffac9aba86f6a8 x27: 0000000000000083
    x26: fff00000f9b3fffc x25: 0000000000000004 x24: 0000000000000004
    x23: ffff800080e13905 x22: 0000000000000010 x21: 0000000000000083
    x20: 0000000000000001 x19: 0000000000000008 x18: 0000000000000010
    x17: 0000000000000001 x16: 00000007c7f20fec x15: 0000000000000020
    x14: 0000000000000008 x13: 0000000000081020 x12: 0000000000000008
    x11: ffff800080e13905 x10: ffff800080e13988 x9 : 0000000000000000
    x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000001 x6 : 0000000000000020
    x5 : 0000000000000030 x4 : 00000000fffffffe x3 : 0000000000000000
    x2 : ffffac9aba78c1c8 x1 : ffffac9aba76d0a8 x0 : 0000000000000008
    Call trace:
     hex_dump_to_buffer+0x30c/0x4a0 (P)
     print_hex_dump+0xac/0x170
     cper_estatus_print_section+0x90c/0x968
     cper_estatus_print+0xf0/0x158
     __ghes_print_estatus+0xa0/0x148
     ghes_proc+0x1bc/0x220
     ghes_notify_hed+0x5c/0xb8
     notifier_call_chain+0x78/0x148
     blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x4c/0x80
     acpi_hed_notify+0x28/0x40
     acpi_ev_notify_dispatch+0x50/0x80
     acpi_os_execute_deferred+0x24/0x48
     process_one_work+0x15c/0x3b0
     worker_thread+0x2d0/0x400
     kthread+0x148/0x228
     ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
    Code: 6b14033f 540001ad a94707e2 f100029f (b8747b44)
    ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Prevent that by taking the actual allocated are into account when
checking for CPER length.

[ rjw: Subject tweaks ]

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-43277?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-43277?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-43277 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-43277 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-2026-43277 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-43277 is a medium-severity memory corruption 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-2026-43277 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-2026-43277/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-43277/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43277
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43277
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-43277

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-43277/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.