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().
References
Configurations
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History
08 May 2026, 17:46
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10d1c75ed4382a8e79874379caa2ead8952734f9 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5366ec7d2f793ce703c403d7fd4c25a3db365b9d - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e1f51c1ad57cc76a0e8b5eb27038f8973fff4fa - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f11d7d088f5ed54b31c6735854c12845eb60eb4a - Patch | |
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| First Time |
Linux linux Kernel
Linux |
06 May 2026, 12:16
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-05-06 12:16
Updated : 2026-05-11 13:08
NVD link : CVE-2026-43129
Mitre link : CVE-2026-43129
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-43129
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
