CVE-2026-64167

kho: skip KHO for crash kernel

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 19, 2026 at 03:40 PM UTC
Updated: August 13, 2026 at 03:47 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kho: skip KHO for crash kernel kho_fill_kimage() unconditionally populates the kimage with KHO metadata for every kexec image type. When the image is a crash kernel, this can be problematic as the crash kernel can run in a small reserved region and the KHO scratch areas can sit outside it. The crash kernel then faults during kho_memory_init() when it tries phys_to_virt() on the KHO FDT address: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address xxxxxxxx ... fdt_offset_ptr+... fdt_check_node_offset_+... fdt_first_property_offset+... fdt_get_property_namelen_+... fdt_getprop+... kho_memory_init+... mm_core_init+... start_kernel+... kho_locate_mem_hole() already skips KHO logic for KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH images, but kho_fill_kimage() was missing the same guard. As kho_fill_kimage() is the single point that populates image->kho.fdt and image->kho.scratch, fixing it here is sufficient for both arm64 and x86 as the FDT and boot_params path are bailing out when these fields are unset.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.19 ≤ v < 7.0.116.19 ≤ v < 7.17.1 rc17.1 rc27.1 rc3d7255959b69a4e727c61eb04231d11390d4f391e
Vendor states this is fixed in a6715d7ec472a476db17787697a4abda62962284 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a6ac6721326a75ff2d14c68db05f93b576d8762f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.19 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-476

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