VYPR
Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 26, 2026· Updated Jul 8, 2026

CVE-2026-53282

CVE-2026-53282

Description

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

x86/kexec: Push kjump return address even for non-kjump kexec

The version of purgatory code shipped by kexec-tools attempts to look above the top of its stack to find a return address for a kjump, even in a non-kjump kexec.

After the commit in Fixes: the word above the stack might not be there, leading to a fault (which is at least now caught by my exception-handling code in kexec).

That commit fixed things for the actual kjump path, but no longer "gratuitously" pushes the unused return address to the stack in the non-kjump path. Put that *back* in the non-kjump path, to prevent purgatory from crashing when trying to access it.

Affected products

7
  • Linux/Kernel5 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.14,<6.18.33
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
  • osv-coords
    Range: >= 6.14.0, < 6.18.33

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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News mentions

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