CVE-2026-43344
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix die ID init and look up bugs
In snbep_pci2phy_map_init(), in the nr_node_ids > 8 path, uncore_device_to_die() may return -1 when all CPUs associated with the UBOX device are offline.
Remove the WARN_ON_ONCE(die_id == -1) check for two reasons:
- The current code breaks out of the loop. This is incorrect because pci_get_device() does not guarantee iteration in domain or bus order, so additional UBOX devices may be skipped during the scan.
- Returning -EINVAL is incorrect, since marking offline buses with die_id == -1 is expected and should not be treated as an error.
Separately, when NUMA is disabled on a NUMA-capable platform, pcibus_to_node() returns NUMA_NO_NODE, causing uncore_device_to_die() to return -1 for all PCI devices. As a result, spr_update_device_location(), used on Intel SPR and EMR, ignores the corresponding PMON units and does not add them to the RB tree.
Fix this by using uncore_pcibus_to_dieid(), which retrieves topology from the UBOX GIDNIDMAP register and works regardless of whether NUMA is enabled in Linux. This requires snbep_pci2phy_map_init() to be added in spr_uncore_pci_init().
Keep uncore_device_to_die() only for the nr_node_ids > 8 case, where NUMA is expected to be enabled.
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Affected products
26- osv-coords16 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.18-bootc-boot-installedpkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18-bootc-boot-installedpkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:linux/kernelpkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
< 6.18.38-r2+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: >= 5.12.0, < 6.6.157
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1.160000.2.19
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.12,<6.19.14
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a5dc3ee97581da2907fc7acd62853f07184de67nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a16d1ec4dd0cdcf689f324adde6067083bce9099nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/184870af0e73f8ea2577c751fa098681465249f2nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdb35811ff41a1678620a407056b6372f350028anvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c79ef3342632e71ac8612a2a1cc17ac84dd258b4nvd
News mentions
1- Patch Tuesday - May 2026Rapid7 Blog · May 13, 2026