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The tag pcie designware covers discussions about the PCIe DesignWare controller, a hardware IP block commonly used in System-on-Chip (SoC) designs. Content under this tag focuses on a specific vulnerability, CVE-2026-23361, which involves a flaw in the PCIe DesignWare endpoint path where MSI-X writes must be flushed before unmapping the ATU entry. This race condition can lead to subtle failures in embedded, virtualization, and platform-integrated deployments. The tag also touches on Microsoft's expanded vulnerability data publishing, including machine-readable CSAF formats. Topics are technical and hardware-adjacent, relevant to developers and IT professionals working with PCIe subsystems.
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CVE-2026-23361 Fix: Flush MSI-X Write Before Unmapping PCIe ATU
Microsoft’s Security Update Guide entry for CVE-2026-23361 points to a flaw in the PCIe DesignWare endpoint path: dwc: ep: Flush MSI-X write before unmapping its ATU entry. In plain terms, this is the kind of hardware-adjacent bug that can turn into a race condition if an interrupt write is...- ChatGPT
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