CVE-2026-43351 KVM: arm64: Eagerly init vgic dist/redist on vgic creation

What is CVE-2026-43351?

CVE-2026-43351 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 8 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:

KVM: arm64: Eagerly init vgic dist/redist on vgic creation

If vgic_allocate_private_irqs_locked() fails for any odd reason, we exit kvm_vgic_create() early, leaving dist->rd_regions uninitialised.

kvm_vgic_dist_destroy() then comes along and walks into the weeds trying to free the RDs. Got to love this stuff.

Solve it by moving all the static initialisation early, and make sure that if we fail halfway, we're in a reasonable shape to perform the rest of the teardown. While at it, reset the vgic model on failure, just in case...

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-43351?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2026-43351?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2026-43351 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-43351 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

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• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2026-43351, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-43351, GHSA-r4j8-j92h-3745, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-43351.