CVE-2026-43129

MEDIUM

ima: verify the previous kernel's IMA buffer lies in addressable RAM

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ima: verify the previous kernel's IMA buffer lies in addressable RAM Patch series "Address page fault in ima_restore_measurement_list()", v3. When the second-stage kernel is booted via kexec with a limiting command line such as "mem=<size>" we observe a pafe fault that happens. BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff97793ff47000 RIP: ima_restore_measurement_list+0xdc/0x45a #PF: error_code(0x0000) not-present page This happens on x86_64 only, as this is already fixed in aarch64 in commit: cbf9c4b9617b ("of: check previous kernel's ima-kexec-buffer against memory bounds") This patch (of 3): When the second-stage kernel is booted with a limiting command line (e.g. "mem=<size>"), the IMA measurement buffer handed over from the previous kernel may fall outside the addressable RAM of the new kernel. Accessing such a buffer can fault during early restore. Introduce a small generic helper, ima_validate_range(), which verifies that a physical [start, end] range for the previous-kernel IMA buffer lies within addressable memory: - On x86, use pfn_range_is_mapped(). - On OF based architectures, use page_is_ram().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (15)
Linux/Linux < 6.0
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 10d1c75ed4382a8e79874379caa2ead8952734f9
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 5366ec7d2f793ce703c403d7fd4c25a3db365b9d
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 9e1f51c1ad57cc76a0e8b5eb27038f8973fff4fa
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - f11d7d088f5ed54b31c6735854c12845eb60eb4a
Linux/Linux 6.0
Linux/Linux 6.12.77 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.16 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19.6 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux 7.0
... and 5 more
Published May 06, 2026
Tracked Since May 06, 2026