CVE-2026-64544
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Integer Overflow in Linux Kernel PE File Signature Verification
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-64544, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-07-27
Last updated on: 2026-07-27
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: asymmetric_keys - fix OOB read in pefile_digest_pe_contents
pefile_digest_pe_contents() computes the trailing-data hash length as
pelen - (hashed_bytes + certs_size). A crafted PE can make the addition
exceed pelen, causing the unsigned subtraction to underflow to ~4 GiB.
This is passed to crypto_shash_update() which reads out of bounds and
panics on unmapped vmalloc guard pages.
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc900038d8000
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
RIP: 0010:sha256_blocks_generic (lib/crypto/sha256.c:152)
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__sha256_update (lib/crypto/sha256.c:208)
crypto_sha256_update (crypto/sha256.c:142)
verify_pefile_signature (crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c:436)
kexec_kernel_verify_pe_sig (kernel/kexec_file.c:151)
__do_sys_kexec_file_load (kernel/kexec_file.c:406)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)
</TASK>
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
Validate that the addition does not overflow and the result does not
exceed pelen before the subtraction. Return -ELIBBAD on failure.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-UNKNOWN |
