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Unscored CVE-2022-50159 EUVD-2022-55424GHSA-gjjr-vrfh-q64m

of: check previous kernel's ima-kexec-buffer against memory bounds

Published Jun 18, 2025 · Updated Nov 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-4.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

of: check previous kernel's ima-kexec-buffer against memory bounds

Presently ima_get_kexec_buffer() doesn't check if the previous kernel's
ima-kexec-buffer lies outside the addressable memory range. This can result
in a kernel panic if the new kernel is booted with 'mem=X' arg and the
ima-kexec-buffer was allocated beyond that range by the previous kernel.
The panic is usually of the form below:

$ sudo kexec --initrd initrd vmlinux --append='mem=16G'

<snip>
BUG: Unable to handle kernel data access on read at 0xc000c01fff7f0000
Faulting instruction address: 0xc000000000837974
Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
<snip>
NIP [c000000000837974] ima_restore_measurement_list+0x94/0x6c0
LR [c00000000083b55c] ima_load_kexec_buffer+0xac/0x160
Call Trace:
[c00000000371fa80] [c00000000083b55c] ima_load_kexec_buffer+0xac/0x160
[c00000000371fb00] [c0000000020512c4] ima_init+0x80/0x108
[c00000000371fb70] [c0000000020514dc] init_ima+0x4c/0x120
[c00000000371fbf0] [c000000000012240] do_one_initcall+0x60/0x2c0
[c00000000371fcc0] [c000000002004ad0] kernel_init_freeable+0x344/0x3ec
[c00000000371fda0] [c0000000000128a4] kernel_init+0x34/0x1b0
[c00000000371fe10] [c00000000000ce64] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64
Instruction dump:
f92100b8 f92100c0 90e10090 910100a0 4182050c 282a0017 3bc00000 40810330
7c0802a6 fb610198 7c9b2378 f80101d0 <a1240000> 2c090001 40820614 e9240010
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Fix this issue by checking returned PFN range of previous kernel's
ima-kexec-buffer with page_is_ram() to ensure correct memory bounds.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.10 5.15.61

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.19.6-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.19.6-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.19.6-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-53.59 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1023.27 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1023.29 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1024.30.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1022.29 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1020.25 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1008.12 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1018.21 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1018.23 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1021.26 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1015.15 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1022.28 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1018.20 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 +1 5.15.0-1023.27~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1023.29~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1022.29~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-53.59~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1018.23~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1022.28~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Show 9 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1025.28 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +12 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp +4 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 rv +77 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 RHSA-2025:6966

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