ima: fix out-of-bounds read in xattr_verify() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-74671
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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

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 3ea7a56067e663278470c04fd655adf809e72d4d < d823b5f4557083d1dd92096f796a78a2b1b06d10 ; affected 3ea7a56067e663278470c04fd655adf809e72d4d < caeb105c15ea2431fa8da7ecfa242d0c68272426 ; affected 3ea7a56067e663278470c04fd655adf809e72d4d < a784b4732ac7e51862b9b210c2d8b2ab9e83568c ; affected 3ea7a56067e663278470c04fd655adf809e72d4d < b6cb134707a2127d90a58d69dd818679cae8033c ; affected 3ea7a56067e663278470c04fd655adf809e72d4d < 7e515b6c9aab452a4f0734bd7208e4e780e164ca ; affected 3ea7a56067e663278470c04fd655adf809e72d4d < 27f3924061592d0ef6b04e16f48754b6cb6adf27
Linux · Linuxaffected 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

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ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
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