CVE-2026-43115 Affecting linux-qemu-melange package, versions <6.18.28-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-LINUXQEMUMELANGE-16635188
  • published11 May 2026
  • disclosed6 May 2026

Introduced: 6 May 2026

CVE-2026-43115  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard linux-qemu-melange to version 6.18.28-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-qemu-melange package and not the linux-qemu-melange package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

srcu: Use irq_work to start GP in tiny SRCU

Tiny SRCU's srcu_gp_start_if_needed() directly calls schedule_work(), which acquires the workqueue pool->lock.

This causes a lockdep splat when call_srcu() is called with a scheduler lock held, due to:

call_srcu() [holding pi_lock] srcu_gp_start_if_needed() schedule_work() -> pool->lock

workqueue_init() / create_worker() [holding pool->lock] wake_up_process() -> try_to_wake_up() -> pi_lock

Also add irq_work_sync() to cleanup_srcu_struct() to prevent a use-after-free if a queued irq_work fires after cleanup begins.

Tested with rcutorture SRCU-T and no lockdep warnings.

[ Thanks to Boqun for similar fix in patch "rcu: Use an intermediate irq_work to start process_srcu()" ]

CVSS Base Scores

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