Bug 2535378 (CVE-2026-89963) - CVE-2026-89963 kernel: powerpc/kexec_file: Fix null-ptr-def in extra size calculation
Summary: CVE-2026-89963 kernel: powerpc/kexec_file: Fix null-ptr-def in extra size cal...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-89963
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-16 12:26 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-21 13:14 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-16 12:26:39 UTC
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.


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