CVE-2026-43258

Medium

Published: —Translated: 17/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been fixed that caused sporadic user-space crashes and heap corruption on Alpha systems during memory compaction.

Risk Assessment

Organizations using Alpha systems may experience application instability and crashes, potentially leading to data loss or service interruptions.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and minimize the risk of crashes.

Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: alpha: fix user-space corruption during memory compaction Alpha systems can suffer sporadic user-space crashes and heap corruption when memory compaction is enabled. Symptoms include SIGSEGV, glibc allocator failures (e.g. "unali