PT-2026-36429 · Linux+2 · Linux+127

Published 2026-05-01 · Updated 2026-05-01 · CVE-2026-43012

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description An issue exists in the net/mlx5 component where a failure during switchdev mode transition triggers an incorrect rollback to legacy mode. This process unregisters the uplink netdev and leaves it in an unregistered state, leading to a kernel bug. The problem is related to the failure to set the MLX5 PRIV FLAGS SWITCH LEGACY flag during the rollback process.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-43012

Affected Products

Linux

Linux-Allwinner-5.19

Linux-Aws

Linux-Aws-5.0

Linux-Aws-5.11

Linux-Aws-5.13

Linux-Aws-5.19

Linux-Aws-5.3

Linux-Aws-5.8

Linux-Aws-6.14

Linux-Aws-6.17

Linux-Aws-6.2

Linux-Aws-6.5

Linux-Aws-6.8

Linux-Aws-Fips

Linux-Azure

Linux-Azure-5.11

Linux-Azure-5.13

Linux-Azure-5.19

Linux-Azure-5.3

Linux-Azure-5.8

Linux-Azure-6.11

Linux-Azure-6.14

Linux-Azure-6.17

Linux-Azure-6.2

Linux-Azure-6.5

Linux-Azure-6.8

Linux-Azure-Edge

Linux-Azure-Fde

Linux-Azure-Fde-5.19

Linux-Azure-Fde-6.14

Linux-Azure-Fde-6.17

Linux-Azure-Fde-6.2

Linux-Azure-Fde-6.8

Linux-Azure-Fips

Linux-Azure-Nvidia

Linux-Azure-Nvidia-6.14

Linux-Fips

Linux-Gcp

Linux-Gcp-5.11

Linux-Gcp-5.13

Linux-Gcp-5.19

Linux-Gcp-5.3

Linux-Gcp-5.8

Linux-Gcp-6.11

Linux-Gcp-6.14

Linux-Gcp-6.17

Linux-Gcp-6.2

Linux-Gcp-6.5

Linux-Gcp-6.8

Linux-Gcp-Fips

Linux-Gke

Linux-Gke-4.15

Linux-Gkeop-5.15

Linux-Gke-5.4

Linux-Gkeop

Linux-Hwe

Linux-Hwe-5.11

Linux-Hwe-5.13

Linux-Hwe-5.19

Linux-Hwe-5.8

Linux-Hwe-6.11

Linux-Hwe-6.14

Linux-Hwe-6.17

Linux-Hwe-6.2

Linux-Hwe-6.5

Linux-Hwe-6.8

Linux-Hwe-Edge

Linux-Ibm

Linux-Ibm-6.8

Linux-Intel-5.13

Linux-Intel-Iot-Realtime

Linux-Lowlatency

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-5.19

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.11

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.2

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.5

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.8

Linux-Nvidia

Linux-Nvidia-6.11

Linux-Nvidia-6.2

Linux-Nvidia-6.5

Linux-Nvidia-6.8

Linux-Nvidia-Lowlatency

Linux-Nvidia-Tegra

Linux-Oem

Linux-Oem-5.10

Linux-Oem-5.13

Linux-Oem-5.14

Linux-Oem-5.17

Linux-Oem-5.6

Linux-Oem-6.0

Linux-Oem-6.1

Linux-Oem-6.11

Linux-Oem-6.14

Linux-Oem-6.17

Linux-Oem-6.5

Linux-Oem-6.8

Linux-Oracle

Linux-Oracle-5.0

Linux-Oracle-5.11

Linux-Oracle-5.13

Linux-Oracle-5.3

Linux-Oracle-5.8

Linux-Oracle-6.14

Linux-Oracle-6.17

Linux-Oracle-6.5

Linux-Oracle-6.8

Linux-Raspi

Linux-Raspi-Realtime

Linux-Raspi2

Linux-Realtime

Linux-Realtime-6.14

Linux-Realtime-6.17

Linux-Realtime-6.8

Linux-Riscv

Linux-Riscv-5.11

Linux-Riscv-5.19

Linux-Riscv-5.8

Linux-Riscv-6.14

Linux-Riscv-6.17

Linux-Riscv-6.5

Linux-Riscv-6.8

Linux-Starfive-5.19

Linux-Starfive-6.2

Linux-Starfive-6.5

Linux-Xilinx

Linux Kernel

References · 11

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-43012 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43012 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e27153b2bd6e6699b544ac4dfa35d167bed5e642 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-43012 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-43012 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/403186400a1a6166efe7031edc549c15fee4723f · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-43012 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4363698838b7ec6e8d85b179495889aa7e522f91 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43012 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ebb13f3e8be0b61f72425b34cce60c8b6ad1891 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/403186400a1a6166efe7031edc549c15fee4723f · Note