Vulnerability · Published Jan 14, 2026 · Assigned by Linux
CVE-2025-71139kernel/kexec: fix IMA when allocation happens in CMA area
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 2% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kernel/kexec: fix IMA when allocation happens in CMA area *** Bug description *** When I tested kexec with the latest kernel, I ran into the following warning: [ 40.712410] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 40.712576] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 1562 at kernel/kexec_core.c:1001 kimage_map_segment+0x144/0x198 [...] [ 40.816047] Call trace: [ 40.818498] kimage_map_segment+0x144/0x198 (P) [ 40.823221] ima_kexec_post_load+0x58/0xc0 [ 40.827246] __do_sys_kexec_file_load+0x29c/0x368 [...] [ 40.855423] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- *** How to reproduce *** This bug is only triggered when the kexec target address is allocated in the CMA area. If no CMA area is reserved in the kernel, use the "cma=" option in the kernel command line to reserve one. *** Root cause *** The commit 07d24902977e ("kexec: enable CMA based contiguous allocation") allocates the kexec target address directly on the CMA area to avoid copying during the jump. In this case, there is no IND_SOURCE for the kexec segment. But the current implementation of kimage_map_segment() assumes that IND_SOURCE pages exist and map them into a contiguous virtual address by vmap(). *** Solution *** If IMA segment is allocated in the CMA area, use its page_address() directly.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:14 | linux | 6.18.5-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux | 6.17.0-29.29 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux | 6.17.0-29.29 | USN-8277-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-allwinner-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-aws | 6.17.0-1015.15 | USN-8277-1 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-aws | 6.17.0-1015.15 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.17 | 6.17.0-1017.17~24.04.1 | USN-8374-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.17 | 6.17.0-1017.17~24.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-azure | 6.17.0-1015.15 | USN-8310-1 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-azure | 6.17.0-1015.15 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.17 | 6.17.0-1015.15~24.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.17 | 6.17.0-1015.15~24.04.1 | USN-8310-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-azure-fde | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-gcp | 6.17.0-1018.19 | USN-8374-1 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-gcp | 6.17.0-1018.19 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.17 | 6.17.0-1018.19~24.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.17 | 6.17.0-1018.19~24.04.1 | USN-8374-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.17 | 6.17.0-29.29~24.04.1 | USN-8277-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.17 | 6.17.0-29.29~24.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.17 | 6.17.0-1014.14 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.0 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.17 | 6.17.0-1023.23 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.17 | 6.17.0-1023.23 | USN-8277-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.8 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-oracle | 6.17.0-1014.14 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-oracle | 6.17.0-1014.14 | USN-8277-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.17 | 6.17.0-1014.14~24.04.1 | USN-8277-2 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.17 | 6.17.0-1014.14~24.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-raspi | 6.17.0-1017.17 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-raspi | 6.17.0-1017.17 | USN-8277-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-realtime | 6.17.0-1013.15 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-realtime | 6.17.0-1013.15 | USN-8277-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-riscv | 6.17.0-29.29.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.14 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.17 | 6.17.0-29.29.1~24.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71139 |