Linux Kernel up to 6.12.82/6.18.23/6.19.13 soc servreg_loc_pfr_req_ei Reason denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.82/6.18.23/6.19.13. This affects the function servreg_loc_pfr_req_ei of the component soc. Executing a manipulation of the argument Reason can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-43108. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.82/6.18.23/6.19.13 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function servreg_loc_pfr_req_ei of the component soc. The manipulation of the argument reason with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: qcom: pd-mapper: Fix element length in servreg_loc_pfr_req_ei It looks element length declared in servreg_loc_pfr_req_ei for reason not matching servreg_loc_pfr_req's reason field due which we could observe decoding error on PD crash. qmi_decode_string_elem: String len 81 >= Max Len 65 Fix this by matching with servreg_loc_pfr_req's reason field.

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-43108 since 05/01/2026. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 313160 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-43108), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.12.83, 6.18.24 or 6.19.14 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch c93ca7c5a72e23a83a0b96f7f5c41a7a72f1dc47/7d75145672cf2ec7c5417e3243af72c48314f7bb/cba84132c2ac7c08b215ce4962bc6f522c08a88c/641f6fda143b879da1515f821ee475073678cf2a is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (313160) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-1385). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Affected

• Google Container-Optimized OS
• Debian Linux
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Microsoft Azure Linux

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2
• 6.12.3
• 6.12.4
• 6.12.5
• 6.12.6
• 6.12.7
• 6.12.8
• 6.12.9
• 6.12.10
• 6.12.11
• 6.12.12
• 6.12.13
• 6.12.14
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• 6.12.17
• 6.12.18
• 6.12.19
• 6.12.20
• 6.12.21
• 6.12.22
• 6.12.23
• 6.12.24
• 6.12.25
• 6.12.26
• 6.12.27
• 6.12.28
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• 6.12.31
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• 6.12.69
• 6.12.70
• 6.12.71
• 6.12.72
• 6.12.73
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• 6.12.75
• 6.12.76
• 6.12.77
• 6.12.78
• 6.12.79
• 6.12.80
• 6.12.81
• 6.12.82
• 6.18.0
• 6.18.1
• 6.18.2
• 6.18.3
• 6.18.4
• 6.18.5
• 6.18.6
• 6.18.7
• 6.18.8
• 6.18.9
• 6.18.10
• 6.18.11
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• 6.18.13
• 6.18.14
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• 6.18.17
• 6.18.18
• 6.18.19
• 6.18.20
• 6.18.21
• 6.18.22
• 6.18.23
• 6.19.0
• 6.19.1
• 6.19.2
• 6.19.3
• 6.19.4
• 6.19.5
• 6.19.6
• 6.19.7
• 6.19.8
• 6.19.9
• 6.19.10
• 6.19.11
• 6.19.12
• 6.19.13

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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