CVE-2025-71139

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

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Jan 14, 2026
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Jan 13, 2026

Read the record on cve.org

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 07d24902977e4704fab8472981e73a0ad6dfa1fd to before a843e4155c83211c55b1b6cc17eab27a6a2c5b6fAffected
  • 07d24902977e4704fab8472981e73a0ad6dfa1fd to before a3785ae5d334bb71d47a593d54c686a03fb9d136Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.17Affected
  • before 6.17Not affected
  • 6.18.4 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 6.19 and laterNot affected

References

Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.