CVE-2026-43240

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-06. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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

x86/kexec: add a sanity check on previous kernel's ima kexec buffer

When the second-stage kernel is booted via kexec with a limiting command line such as "mem=", the physical range that contains the carried over IMA measurement list may fall outside the truncated RAM leading to a kernel panic.

BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff97793ff47000 RIP: ima_restore_measurement_list+0xdc/0x45a #PF: error_code(0x0000) – not-present page

Other architectures already validate the range with page_is_ram(), as done in commit cbf9c4b9617b ("of: check previous kernel's ima-kexec-buffer against memory bounds") do a similar check on x86.

Without carrying the measurement list across kexec, the attestation would fail.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 6, 2026

Last Modified

June 19, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated May 11, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

x86/kexec: add a sanity check on previous kernel's ima kexec buffer - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8f73bf0f8a57ee9b86792456bd42079bc98c6b7
generic

x86/kexec: add a sanity check on previous kernel's ima kexec buffer - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4a132f121c591b60dbaf57ea91f1faf11631fbc
generic

x86/kexec: add a sanity check on previous kernel's ima kexec buffer - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5489d04337b47e93c0623e8145fcba3f5739efd
generic

x86/kexec: add a sanity check on previous kernel's ima kexec buffer - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d7a8f5f28187e3d2958b2a134473da2665207e7
generic

x86/kexec: add a sanity check on previous kernel's ima kexec buffer - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37f18915a261afe84dab462624ed829cddb77a9b
generic

x86/kexec: add a sanity check on previous kernel's ima kexec buffer - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22e460b6333a5f818b042ac89201f8e735556f4a

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-43240(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
linuxKernel @ 6.1.165—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 31× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43240?
CVE-2026-43240 is a medium vulnerability published on May 6, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/kexec: add a sanity check on previous kernel's ima kexec buffer When the second-stage kernel is booted via kexec with a limiting command line such as "mem=<size>", the physical range that contains the carried over IMA…
When was CVE-2026-43240 disclosed?
CVE-2026-43240 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 6, 2026, with the most recent update on June 19, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-43240 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43240 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 97.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43240?
CVE-2026-43240 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43240?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-43240, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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