CVE-2026-53282

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedJun 26, 2026
First seenJun 26, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel6.18.33, 7.0.10 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel6.14 ≤ v < 6.18.33, 6.19 ≤ v < 7.0.10, 7.16.18.33, 7.0.10

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