CVE-2026-43298

What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: Skip vcn poison irq release on VF VF doesn't enable VCN poison irq in VCNv2.5. Skip releasing it and avoid call trace during deinitialization. [ 71.913601] [drm] clean up the vf2pf work item [ 71.915088] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 71.915092] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1079 at /tmp/amd.aFkFvSQl/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_irq.c:641 amdgpu_irq_put+0xc6/0xe0 [amdgpu] [ 71.915355] Modules linked in: amdgpu(OE-) amddrm_ttm_helper(OE) amdttm(OE) amddrm_buddy(OE) amdxcp(OE) amddrm_exec(OE) amd_sched(OE) amdkcl(OE) drm_suballoc_helper drm_display_helper cec rc_core i2c_algo_bit video wmi binfmt_misc nls_iso8859_1 intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common input_leds joydev serio_raw mac_hid qemu_fw_cfg sch_fq_codel dm_multipath scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_emc scsi_dh_alua efi_pstore ip_tables x_tables autofs4 btrfs blake2b_generic raid10 raid456 async_raid6_recov async_memcpy async_pq async_xor async_tx xor raid6_pq libcrc32c raid1 raid0 hid_generic crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul polyval_clmulni polyval_generic ghash_clmulni_intel usbhid 8139too sha256_ssse3 sha1_ssse3 hid psmouse bochs i2c_i801 ahci drm_vram_helper libahci i2c_smbus lpc_ich drm_ttm_helper 8139cp mii ttm aesni_intel crypto_simd cryptd [ 71.915484] CPU: 3 PID: 1079 Comm: rmmod Tainted: G OE 6.8.0-87-generic #88~22.04.1-Ubuntu [ 71.915489] Hardware name: Red Hat KVM/RHEL, BIOS 1.16.3-2.el9_5.1 04/01/2014 [ 71.915492] RIP: 0010:amdgpu_irq_put+0xc6/0xe0 [amdgpu] [ 71.915768] Code: 75 84 b8 ea ff ff ff eb d4 44 89 ea 48 89 de 4c 89 e7 e8 fd fc ff ff 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 5d 31 d2 31 f6 31 ff e9 55 30 3b c7 <0f> 0b eb d4 b8 fe ff ff ff eb a8 e9 b7 3b 8a 00 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 [ 71.915771] RSP: 0018:ffffcf0800eafa30 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 71.915775] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff891bda4b0668 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 71.915777] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 71.915779] RBP: ffffcf0800eafa50 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 71.915781] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff891bda480000 [ 71.915782] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 71.915792] FS: 000070cff87c4c40(0000) GS:ffff893abfb80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 71.915795] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 71.915797] CR2: 00005fa13073e478 CR3: 000000010d634006 CR4: 0000000000770ef0 [ 71.915800] PKRU: 55555554 [ 71.915802] Call Trace: [ 71.915805] <TASK> [ 71.915809] vcn_v2_5_hw_fini+0x19e/0x1e0 [amdgpu]

At a glance

Exploitability

Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of service disruption.

Exploit odds

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).

Fix

A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

1. 2026-05-08 14:16 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2. 2026-11-06 16:18 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

• Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
• Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
• Severity: 5.5 MEDIUM (CVSS).
• Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.

Details

Published

2026-05-08 14:16 UTC

Last modified

2026-11-06 16:18 UTC

Exploit probability

0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days

Record status

Modified

Affected

• Linux Kernel < 6.18.16
• Linux Kernel < 6.19.6

Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.5

Attack vector

Local

Complexity

Low

Privileges needed

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

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