CVE-2026-43124

pstore: ram_core: fix incorrect success return when vmap() fails

published May 6, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

pstore: ram_core: fix incorrect success return when vmap() fails

In persistent_ram_vmap(), vmap() may return NULL on failure.

If offset is non-zero, adding offset_in_page(start) causes the function

to return a non-NULL pointer even though the mapping failed.

persistent_ram_buffer_map() therefore incorrectly returns success.

Subsequent access to prz->buffer may dereference an invalid address

and cause crashes.

Add proper NULL checking for vmap() failures.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00162 · 5.1th percentile
Published
2026-05-06T11:27Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 MAY 11:27Z
    pstore: ram_core: fix incorrect success return when vmap() fails
    cvelistv5