CVE-2026-53343
ARM: 9475/1: entry: use byte load for KASAN VMAP stack shadow
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ARM: 9475/1: entry: use byte load for KASAN VMAP stack shadow Commit 44e9a3bb76e5 ("ARM: 9430/1: entry: Do a dummy read from VMAP shadow") added a dummy read from the KASAN VMAP stack shadow in __switch_to(). The read uses ldr, but the KASAN shadow address is byte-granular and is not guaranteed to be word aligned. ARMv5 faults unaligned word loads. With CONFIG_KASAN_VMALLOC and CONFIG_VMAP_STACK enabled, ARM926/VersatilePB crashes in __switch_to() with an alignment exception before reaching init. Use ldrb for the dummy shadow access. The code only needs to fault in the shadow mapping if the stack shadow is missing, so a byte load is sufficient and matches the granularity of KASAN shadow memory.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0b8c148a7754826156993ed6442d31536ec86b4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2e3aadc8fef7da068490597fc5582f8f362aeb2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c74990828d3c486ee44aaa68240eb3abff289d1c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/517720913bd3c17a52cd55a740064f68455ab88e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a4dc9a0ac3326e79fb58fdaae724b92127709a9
References (6)
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
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