Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RISC-V: kexec: Fix memory leak of fdt buffer
This is reported by kmemleak detector:
unreferenced object 0xff60000082864000 (size 9588):
comm "kexec", pid 146, jiffies 4294900634 (age 64.788s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
d0 0d fe ed 00 00 12 ed 00 00 00 48 00 00 11 40 ...........H...@
00 00 00 28 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 ...(............
backtrace:
[<00000000f95b17c4>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x3e
[<00000000b9ec8e3e>] kmalloc_order+0x9c/0xc4
[<00000000a95cf02e>] kmalloc_order_trace+0x34/0xb6
[<00000000f01e68b4>] __kmalloc+0x5c2/0x62a
[<000000002bd497b2>] kvmalloc_node+0x66/0xd6
[<00000000906542fa>] of_kexec_alloc_and_setup_fdt+0xa6/0x6ea
[<00000000e1166bde>] elf_kexec_load+0x206/0x4ec
[<0000000036548e09>] kexec_image_load_default+0x40/0x4c
[<0000000079fbe1b4>] sys_kexec_file_load+0x1c4/0x322
[<0000000040c62c03>] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x2
In elf_kexec_load(), a buffer is allocated via kvmalloc() to store fdt.
While it's not freed back to system when kexec kernel is reloaded or
unloaded. Then memory leak is caused. Fix it by introducing riscv
specific function arch_kimage_file_post_load_cleanup(), and freeing the
buffer there.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 5.19 | 6.0.18 |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | linux | 6.1.4-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | 6.1.4-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | linux | 6.1.4-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-riscv +10 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +32 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +28 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +14 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2025-2765 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 12, 2026