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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 2cacf7f23a024ab1fdc603ca6a4f4c8b2de9f64e, < b0bd7a850e1f082560959707dbf57b0402071646; >= 2cacf7f23a024ab1fdc603ca6a4f4c8b2de9f64e, < 7dba9631faa2ee0785e8c2bf0e3d90a05f26dd8c; >= 2cacf7f23a024ab1fdc603ca6a4f4c8b2de9f64e, < 786a45757dcdf8f2beb9d4a6db605db16c18b2b4 |
| Linux | Linux | 6.14 |
References
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 26, 2026
- Last modified
- Jul 8, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed