CVE-2026-64297

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-25. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
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:

module: decompress: check return value of module_extend_max_pages()

module_extend_max_pages() calls kvrealloc() internally and returns -ENOMEM on allocation failure. The return value is never checked.

If the initial allocation fails, info->pages remains NULL and info->max_pages remains 0. Subsequent calls to module_get_next_page() will attempt to dynamically grow the array by calling module_extend_max_pages(info, 0) since info->used_pages is 0. This results in kvrealloc(NULL, 0) returning ZERO_SIZE_PTR, which is treated as a success, leading to a dereference of ZERO_SIZE_PTR and a kernel oops.

Fix: add the missing error check after module_extend_max_pages() and return immediately on failure. This matches the pattern used by every other kvrealloc() caller in the module loading path.

[Sami: Corrected the analysis in the commit message.]

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
5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 25, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Aug 12, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

module: decompress: check return value of module_extend_max_pages() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7f174715f9f0cbcb9e87b52e4fc4ef149baac98
generic

module: decompress: check return value of module_extend_max_pages() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7da02659c229f73492fb1ed87ceda4090153aaa
generic

module: decompress: check return value of module_extend_max_pages() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afcc0515bbdd28d509a2b5870faaa89b137f5d53
generic

module: decompress: check return value of module_extend_max_pages() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a82e170637e050a803b4f37542371ef216bf66d2
generic

module: decompress: check return value of module_extend_max_pages() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/786d2d84416a9a1c1a47b71a68d679d886284be2
generic

module: decompress: check return value of module_extend_max_pages() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/168072baf9ad516d5a06046514c7fea4c0671990

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-64297(2)

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

Affected Packages

(5 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (55 versions)6.1.180-1—
linux-6.12—6.12.100-1~deb12u1—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux-6.16.1.106-3~deb11u1 ... 6.1.177-1~deb11u1 (22 versions)6.1.180-1~deb11u1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.38-1 ... 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 (30 versions)6.12.96-1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.1~rc7-1~exp1 (156 versions)7.1.4-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 62× 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. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-30 00:11 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-30 00:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-27 13:49 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-27 13:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-26 12:58 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-26 12:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-25 12:08 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-25 12:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-24 11:17 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-24 11:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-23 10:26 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-23 10:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-22 09:36 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-22 09:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-21 08:45 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-21 08:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-20 07:54 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-20 07:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-19 07:04 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-19 07:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-18 06:13 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-18 06:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-17 05:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-16 18:35 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-16 18:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-15 17:45 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-15 17:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-14 16:54 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-14 16:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-13 16:04 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-13 16:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-12 15:10 UTCEG score recompute▲ 5.50
  21. 2026-08-12 15:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-12 15:09 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 5.5 · severity → MEDIUM
  23. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-12 07:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-08-09 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-09 03:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-08-05 23:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-08-04 10:39 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-08-02 19:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-08-02 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-08-01 04:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-07-30 16:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-07-30 15:15 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-07-30 15:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-07-29 07:01 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-07-29 07:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-07-28 15:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-07-27 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-07-26 02:52 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-07-26 02:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-07-25 10:39 UTCNVD update
  54. 2026-07-25 09:40 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-07-25 09:21 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-64297?
CVE-2026-64297 is a medium vulnerability published on July 25, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: module: decompress: check return value of moduleextendmax_pages() moduleextendmax_pages() calls kvrealloc() internally and returns -ENOMEM on allocation failure. The return value is never checked. If the initial allocation fails,…
When was CVE-2026-64297 disclosed?
CVE-2026-64297 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 25, 2026, with the most recent update on August 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-64297 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-64297 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 94.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-64297?
CVE-2026-64297 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-64297?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-64297, 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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