CVE-2026-43363

/// Technical description

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

x86/apic: Disable x2apic on resume if the kernel expects so

When resuming from s2ram, firmware may re-enable x2apic mode, which may have

been disabled by the kernel during boot either because it doesn't support IRQ

remapping or for other reasons. This causes the kernel to continue using the

xapic interface, while the hardware is in x2apic mode, which causes hangs.

This happens on defconfig + bare metal + s2ram.

Fix this in lapic_resume() by disabling x2apic if the kernel expects it to be

disabled, i.e. when x2apic_mode = 0.

The ACPI v6.6 spec, Section 16.3 [1] says firmware restores either the

pre-sleep configuration or initial boot configuration for each CPU, including

MSR state:

When executing from the power-on reset vector as a result of waking from an

S2 or S3 sleep state, the platform firmware performs only the hardware

initialization required to restore the system to either the state the

platform was

/// Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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