CVE-2026-89963 PUBLISHED

powerpc/kexec_file: Fix null-ptr-def in extra size calculation

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 11.09.2026 Published: 16.09.2026 Updated: 16.09.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

powerpc/kexec_file: Fix null-ptr-def in extra size calculation

A static Sashiko AI review identified a potential NULL pointer dereference in kexec_extra_fdt_size_ppc64().

On platforms without any reserved memory regions, get_reserved_memory_ranges() can return 0 while leaving 'rmem' unallocated as NULL. Passing it directly leads to a kernel panic when evaluating 'rmem->nr_ranges'.

Add a NULL check for 'rmem' to prevent this crash.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0d3ff067331ef84e7e7f49537d768881042ed5ba to 11ef1c2a5dbe0bd8c1345f59bab7331d352f02cf (excl.)
  • affected from 0d3ff067331ef84e7e7f49537d768881042ed5ba to df45337587db21c502fe5251d3bcc7887428f4fb (excl.)
  • affected from 0d3ff067331ef84e7e7f49537d768881042ed5ba to 4ff3d9fd71c7bc2fc81afdac1970d9c55a5c0dea (excl.)
  • affected from 0d3ff067331ef84e7e7f49537d768881042ed5ba to 761eda315a6e1fda3e8e2185b28430771fb1ac29 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.11 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.11 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.110 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.51 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.5 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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