CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64297

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's module decompression code, the return value of module_extend_max_pages() is not checked. On allocation failure, info->pages remains NULL and info->max_pages is 0, leading to dereference of ZERO_SIZE_PTR and a kernel oops.

Risk Assessment

Missing error check can cause a kernel crash during module loading, potentially leading to denial of service (DoS).

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version that includes the fix adding a return value check for module_extend_max_pages() and immediate exit on failure.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: module: decompress: check return value of module_extend_max_pages() module_extend_max_pages() calls kvrealloc() internally and returns -ENOMEM on allocation failure. The return value is never checked. If the initial allocation fails, info->pages remains NULL and info->max_pages remains 0. Subsequent calls to module_get_next_page() will attempt to dynamically grow the array by calling module_extend_max_pages(info, 0) since info->used_pages is 0. This results in kvrealloc(NULL, 0) returning ZERO_SIZE_PTR, which is treated as a success, leading to a dereference of ZERO_SIZE_PTR and a kernel oops. Fix: add the missing error check after module_extend_max_pages() and return immediately on failure. This matches the pattern used by every other kvrealloc() caller in the module loading path. [Sami: Corrected the analysis in the commit message.]

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