CVE-2026-43240

x86/kexec: add a sanity check on previous kernel's ima kexec buffer

published May 6, 2026

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

x86/kexec: add a sanity check on previous kernel's ima kexec buffer

When the second-stage kernel is booted via kexec with a limiting command

line such as "mem=<size>", the physical range that contains the carried

over IMA measurement list may fall outside the truncated RAM leading to a

kernel panic.

BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff97793ff47000

RIP: ima_restore_measurement_list+0xdc/0x45a

#PF: error_code(0x0000) – not-present page

Other architectures already validate the range with page_is_ram(), as done

in commit cbf9c4b9617b ("of: check previous kernel's ima-kexec-buffer

against memory bounds") do a similar check on x86.

Without carrying the measurement list across kexec, the attestation

would fail.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00123 · 1.9th percentile
Published
2026-05-06T11:28Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 MAY 11:28Z
    x86/kexec: add a sanity check on previous kernel's ima kexec buffer
    cvelistv5