CVE-2026-64297
Description
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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Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | — | b1ae6dc41eaaa98bb75671e0f3665bfda248c3e7 < e7f174715f9f0cbcb9e87b52e4fc4ef149baac98, b1ae6dc41eaaa98bb75671e0f3665bfda248c3e7 < afcc0515bbdd28d509a2b5870faaa89b137f5d53, b1ae6dc41eaaa98bb75671e0f3665bfda248c3e7 < 168072baf9ad516d5a06046514c7fea4c0671990, b1ae6dc41eaaa98bb75671e0f3665bfda248c3e7 < a82e170637e050a803b4f37542371ef216bf66d2 … |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.17, 0 < 5.17, 6.1.178 ≤ 6.1.*, 6.6.145 ≤ 6.6.* … |
References (6)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7f174715f9f0cbcb9e87b52e4fc4ef149baac98
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afcc0515bbdd28d509a2b5870faaa89b137f5d53
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/168072baf9ad516d5a06046514c7fea4c0671990
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a82e170637e050a803b4f37542371ef216bf66d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7da02659c229f73492fb1ed87ceda4090153aaa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/786d2d84416a9a1c1a47b71a68d679d886284be2