bootconfig: Fix integer overflow in initrd size check (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-97906
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At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.22 % · percentile 12 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Received

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bootconfig: Fix integer overflow in initrd size check Sashiko reported that in get_boot_config_from_initrd(), a crafted initrd with a huge bootconfig size (such as 0xFFFFFFFF) can cause the pointer arithmetic: data = ((void *)hdr) - size; to wrap around on 32-bit systems (or when pointer subtraction overflows). Because data wraps around, the subsequent bounds check: if ((unsigned long)data < initrd_start) evaluates to false, bypassing the check. The kernel then calls xbc_calc_checksum(data, size), which attempts to read 4GB of memory, hitting unmapped pages and triggering a fatal kernel page fault during early boot. Furthermore, on 64-bit systems with an initrd > 4.29 GB, an unbounded 32-bit size can similarly bypass the initrd_start check. Fix this by: 1. Ensuring the initrd is at least large enough to contain the bootconfig footer and verifying hdr is within the initrd bounds. 2. Checking that size does not exceed XBC_DATA_MAX and does not exceed the available space between initrd_start and hdr before performing pointer subtraction.

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European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected de462e5f10718517bacf2f84c8aa2804567ef7df < 97be05f33f79342ea65d9b99c9ad07a93b8eef5a ; affected de462e5f10718517bacf2f84c8aa2804567ef7df < 4d45bc0f8cdf606d5409b5f64a8a6609f6520c03 ; affected de462e5f10718517bacf2f84c8aa2804567ef7df < 8d4343a411eaa182d323ab5b149496416015f27d ; affected de462e5f10718517bacf2f84c8aa2804567ef7df < bff9a1579e2c9b2a59fdf3793becc9d7bf5ff1a6 ; affected de462e5f10718517bacf2f84c8aa2804567ef7df < 7812d6dab0698001e50e8c2f901e17da3eb6f429 ; affected 32394df25d8e46935b442b429d74b37885c4f092
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.7 ; unaffected 0 < 5.7 ; unaffected 6.6.160 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.112 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.53 ≤ 6.18.* ; unaffected 7.2.7 ≤ 7.2.*

Sources

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EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD