{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-43488 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-43488 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 13 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-43488 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-43488 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 13 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-43488 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-43488/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-43488/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-43488","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-43488/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-43488","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2026-43488","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-43488","GHSA-5x4m-q4p4-96j6","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-43488","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-43488","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-43488"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel USB driver","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"An attacker with physical access can trigger a Host Controller Error in the xHCI driver, causing an interrupt storm that leads to system-level faults and denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"denial_of_service"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: xhci: Prevent interrupt storm on host controller error (HCE)\n\nThe xHCI controller reports a Host Controller Error (HCE) in UAS Storage\nDevice plug/unplug scenarios on Android devices. HCE is checked in\nxhci_irq() function and causes an interrupt storm (since the interrupt\nisn’t cleared), leading to severe system-level faults.\n\nWhen the xHC controller reports HCE in the interrupt handler, the driver\nonly logs a warning and assumes xHC activity will stop as stated in xHCI\nspecification. An interrupt storm does however continue on some hosts\neven after HCE, and only ceases after manually disabling xHC interrupt\nand stopping the controller by calling xhci_halt().\n\nAdd xhci_halt() to xhci_irq() function where STS_HCE status is checked,\nmirroring the existing error handling pattern used for STS_FATAL errors.\n\nThis only fixes the interrupt storm. Proper HCE recovery requires resetting\nand re-initializing the xHC.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"usb: xhci: Prevent interrupt storm on host controller error (HCE)","id":"CVE-2026-43488","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"denial_of_service","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"liveupdate: luo_file: remember retrieve() status","id":"CVE-2026-43489"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"ata: libata-core: Disable LPM on ST1000DM010-2EP102","id":"CVE-2026-43487"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-05-13","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-14","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"An attacker with physical access can trigger a Host Controller Error in the xHCI driver, causing an interrupt storm that leads to system-level faults and denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-43488/"}