ima: fix out-of-bounds read in xattr_verify() (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.18 % · percentile 7 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ima: fix out-of-bounds read in xattr_verify() The digest-length check in xattr_verify() mixes int and size_t: if (xattr_len - sizeof(xattr_value->type) - hash_start >= iint->ima_hash->length) sizeof() yields size_t, so the usual arithmetic conversions promote the whole left-hand side to unsigned 64-bit before the subtraction runs. For a truncated xattr this underflows instead of going negative: a 1-byte IMA_XATTR_DIGEST_NG xattr (xattr_len == 1, hash_start == 1) turns "1 - 1 - 1" into SIZE_MAX, which is trivially >= ima_hash->length. The check then passes and the following memcmp() reads iint->ima_hash->length bytes starting past the end of the buffer vfs_getxattr_alloc() allocated for it. Nothing upstream clamps xattr_len back into a safe range first: ima_get_hash_algo() only special-cases xattr_len < 2 to pick a default algorithm, and evm_verifyxattr() returns INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN rather than failing when no HMAC key is loaded, so a truncated security.ima value reaches the length check as-is. Rewrite the comparison so every operand stays a signed int and no implicit conversion to size_t can occur.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d823b5f4557083d1dd92096f796a78a2b1b06d10
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caeb105c15ea2431fa8da7ecfa242d0c68272426
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a784b4732ac7e51862b9b210c2d8b2ab9e83568c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6cb134707a2127d90a58d69dd818679cae8033c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e515b6c9aab452a4f0734bd7208e4e780e164ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27f3924061592d0ef6b04e16f48754b6cb6adf27
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd04114af0d451091f7b8cbd26d9e37d011e9131
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ff232d31106f45ac87c3b64e1d35a0667777797
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-64358
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-74671
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1372 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1335 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1333 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1286 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1232 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1163 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1090 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 3ea7a56067e663278470c04fd655adf809e72d4d < d823b5f4557083d1dd92096f796a78a2b1b06d10 ; affected 3ea7a56067e663278470c04fd655adf809e72d4d < caeb105c15ea2431fa8da7ecfa242d0c68272426 ; affected 3ea7a56067e663278470c04fd655adf809e72d4d < a784b4732ac7e51862b9b210c2d8b2ab9e83568c ; affected 3ea7a56067e663278470c04fd655adf809e72d4d < b6cb134707a2127d90a58d69dd818679cae8033c ; affected 3ea7a56067e663278470c04fd655adf809e72d4d < 7e515b6c9aab452a4f0734bd7208e4e780e164ca ; affected 3ea7a56067e663278470c04fd655adf809e72d4d < 27f3924061592d0ef6b04e16f48754b6cb6adf27 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 3.13 ; unaffected 0 < 3.13 ; unaffected 5.10.265 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.216 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.183 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.152 ≤ 6.6.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |