CVE-2026-43240
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
06/05/2026
Last modified:
06/05/2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
x86/kexec: add a sanity check on previous kernel&#39;s ima kexec buffer<br />
<br />
When the second-stage kernel is booted via kexec with a limiting command<br />
line such as "mem=", the physical range that contains the carried<br />
over IMA measurement list may fall outside the truncated RAM leading to a<br />
kernel panic.<br />
<br />
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff97793ff47000<br />
RIP: ima_restore_measurement_list+0xdc/0x45a<br />
#PF: error_code(0x0000) – not-present page<br />
<br />
Other architectures already validate the range with page_is_ram(), as done<br />
in commit cbf9c4b9617b ("of: check previous kernel&#39;s ima-kexec-buffer<br />
against memory bounds") do a similar check on x86.<br />
<br />
Without carrying the measurement list across kexec, the attestation<br />
would fail.
Impact
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22e460b6333a5f818b042ac89201f8e735556f4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37f18915a261afe84dab462624ed829cddb77a9b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d7a8f5f28187e3d2958b2a134473da2665207e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5489d04337b47e93c0623e8145fcba3f5739efd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4a132f121c591b60dbaf57ea91f1faf11631fbc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8f73bf0f8a57ee9b86792456bd42079bc98c6b7



