diff --git a/crates/environ/src/string_pool.rs b/crates/environ/src/string_pool.rs
index f29a90edfd5e..f72a1060bdf7 100644
--- a/crates/environ/src/string_pool.rs
+++ b/crates/environ/src/string_pool.rs
@@ -73,10 +73,20 @@ impl fmt::Debug for StringPool {
 
 impl TryClone for StringPool {
     fn try_clone(&self) -> Result<Self, OutOfMemory> {
-        Ok(StringPool {
-            map: self.map.try_clone()?,
-            strings: self.strings.try_clone()?,
-        })
+        let mut new_pool = StringPool::new();
+        // Re-intern strings in index order so that each Atom value is
+        // identical in the clone — callers that hold Atoms from the original
+        // can use them interchangeably with the clone.
+        //
+        // Directly cloning `self.map` would copy &'static str keys that point
+        // into the *original* pool's `strings` allocation. Those pointers
+        // become dangling once the original is dropped, leading to UB on any
+        // subsequent lookup. Re-interning ensures the cloned map's keys point
+        // into the clone's own `strings`.
+        for s in self.strings.iter() {
+            new_pool.insert(s)?;
+        }
+        Ok(new_pool)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/all/linker.rs b/tests/all/linker.rs
index 0cb65f167cfb..39fb3773ebf2 100644
--- a/tests/all/linker.rs
+++ b/tests/all/linker.rs
@@ -774,3 +774,36 @@ fn linker_defines_table_subtype_err() -> Result<()> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+// Regression test for a soundness bug in StringPool::try_clone() introduced
+// in wasmtime 43.0.0: cloning a StringPool (and thus a Linker) copied the
+// map's &'static str keys that pointed into the *original* pool's string
+// storage. After the original was dropped those keys became dangling, causing
+// get_atom() on the clone to silently fail to find registered imports.
+#[test]
+fn linker_clone_drop_original_then_instantiate() -> Result<()> {
+    let engine = Engine::default();
+    let wat = r#"(module
+        (import "env" "answer" (func (result i32)))
+        (func (export "run") (result i32)
+            call 0
+        )
+    )"#;
+    let module = Module::new(&engine, wat)?;
+
+    let original = {
+        let mut l: Linker<()> = Linker::new(&engine);
+        l.func_wrap("env", "answer", || -> i32 { 42 })?;
+        l
+    };
+
+    let clone = original.clone();
+    // Dropping the original must not invalidate the clone's string pool.
+    drop(original);
+
+    let mut store = Store::new(&engine, ());
+    let instance = clone.instantiate(&mut store, &module)?;
+    let f = instance.get_typed_func::<(), i32>(&mut store, "run")?;
+    assert_eq!(f.call(&mut store, ())?, 42);
+    Ok(())
+}