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kernel/kexec: fix IMA when allocation happens in CMA area

Published Jan 14, 2026 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

kernel/kexec: fix IMA when allocation happens in CMA area

*** Bug description ***

When I tested kexec with the latest kernel, I ran into the following warning:

[ 40.712410] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 40.712576] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 1562 at kernel/kexec_core.c:1001 kimage_map_segment+0x144/0x198
[...]
[ 40.816047] Call trace:
[ 40.818498] kimage_map_segment+0x144/0x198 (P)
[ 40.823221] ima_kexec_post_load+0x58/0xc0
[ 40.827246] __do_sys_kexec_file_load+0x29c/0x368
[...]
[ 40.855423] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

*** How to reproduce ***

This bug is only triggered when the kexec target address is allocated in
the CMA area. If no CMA area is reserved in the kernel, use the "cma="
option in the kernel command line to reserve one.

*** Root cause ***
The commit 07d24902977e ("kexec: enable CMA based contiguous
allocation") allocates the kexec target address directly on the CMA area
to avoid copying during the jump. In this case, there is no IND_SOURCE
for the kexec segment. But the current implementation of
kimage_map_segment() assumes that IND_SOURCE pages exist and map them
into a contiguous virtual address by vmap().

*** Solution ***
If IMA segment is allocated in the CMA area, use its page_address()
directly.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.17 6.18.4

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 6.18.5-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 25.10 linux 6.17.0-29.29 USN-8277-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-aws +1 6.17.0-1015.15 USN-8310-1, USN-8277-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-azure-fde No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-gcp 6.17.0-1018.19 USN-8374-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-oracle 6.17.0-1014.14 USN-8277-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-raspi 6.17.0-1017.17 USN-8277-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-realtime 6.17.0-1013.15 USN-8277-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-riscv 6.17.0-29.29.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws-6.17 6.17.0-1017.17~24.04.1 USN-8374-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-6.17 6.17.0-1015.15~24.04.1 USN-8310-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.17 6.17.0-1018.19~24.04.1 USN-8374-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.17 6.17.0-29.29~24.04.1 USN-8277-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.17 6.17.0-1014.14 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.17 6.17.0-1023.23 USN-8277-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.17 6.17.0-1014.14~24.04.1 USN-8277-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.17 6.17.0-29.29.1~24.04.1 —
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 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.17 6.17.0-1013.15~24.04.1 USN-8277-1

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