CVE-2026-53282

MEDIUM

x86/kexec: Push kjump return address even for non-kjump kexec

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/kexec: Push kjump return address even for non-kjump kexec The version of purgatory code shipped by kexec-tools attempts to look above the top of its stack to find a return address for a kjump, even in a non-kjump kexec. After the commit in Fixes: the word above the stack might not be there, leading to a fault (which is at least now caught by my exception-handling code in kexec). That commit fixed things for the actual kjump path, but no longer "gratuitously" pushes the unused return address to the stack in the non-kjump path. Put that *back* in the non-kjump path, to prevent purgatory from crashing when trying to access it.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0012
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 (12)
linux/Kernel 6.14.0 - 6.18.33linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 7.0.10linux
Linux/Linux < 6.14
Linux/Linux 2cacf7f23a024ab1fdc603ca6a4f4c8b2de9f64e - 786a45757dcdf8f2beb9d4a6db605db16c18b2b4
Linux/Linux 2cacf7f23a024ab1fdc603ca6a4f4c8b2de9f64e - 7dba9631faa2ee0785e8c2bf0e3d90a05f26dd8c
Linux/Linux 2cacf7f23a024ab1fdc603ca6a4f4c8b2de9f64e - b0bd7a850e1f082560959707dbf57b0402071646
Linux/Linux 6.14
Linux/Linux 6.18.33 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 7.0.10 - 7.0.*
Linux/Linux 7.1
... and 2 more
Published Jun 26, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 27, 2026