Type conversion in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-23352

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Type conversion in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-23352

Published: March 25, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU124495
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-23352
CWE-ID: CWE-704
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper memory management in the EFI boot services memory release mechanism when processing memory map initialization during system boot. A local attacker can trigger the early release of boot services memory before deferred memory map initialization is complete, leading to unfreed memory pages and a memory leak.

The issue specifically occurs on systems with CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT enabled, where memblock_free_late() skips uninitialized pages, resulting in a significant memory leak—up to approximately 140MB on constrained systems like EC2 t3a.nano instances with only 512MB RAM.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
openEuler
bpftool
kernel
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-source
kernel-headers
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux (Debian package)
linux-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-23352

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
bpftool - addressed in versions 5.10.0-307.0.0.210, 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-307.0.0.210, 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-307.0.0.210, 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-307.0.0.210, 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-307.0.0.210, 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-307.0.0.210, 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-307.0.0.210, 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-307.0.0.210, 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-307.0.0.210, 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-307.0.0.210, 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-307.0.0.210, 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-307.0.0.210, 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-307.0.0.210, 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-307.0.0.210, 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-307.0.0.210, 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.184.155, 5.15.0-184.194, 5.15.0-184.194~20.04.1, 5.15.0.186.166, 5.15.0-186.196, 5.15.0-186.196~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1075.78, 5.15.0-1075.79, 5.15.0.1095.94, 5.15.0-1095.103, 5.15.0.1104.100, 5.15.0-1104.109, 5.15.0.1108.107, 5.15.0-1108.114, 5.15.0.1111.115, 5.15.0-1111.120+fips1, 5.15.0.1112.102, 5.15.0.1112.109, 5.15.0-1112.122, 5.15.0-1112.122+fips1, 6.8.0-136.136, 6.8.0-1046.50, 6.8.0-1059.67, 6.8.0-1064.72, 6.8.0-1064.72~22.04.1, 6.8.1-1056.57, 6.8.1-1056.57~22.04.2
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.186.109, 5.15.0-186.196+fips1, 5.15.0.1106.103, 5.15.0-1106.110, 5.15.0.1107.107, 5.15.0-1107.108, 5.15.0.1112.108, 5.15.0.1112.115, 5.15.0-1112.119, 5.15.0-1112.119+fips1, 5.15.0-1112.119~20.04.1, 6.8.0-1061.64+1
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1053.53, 5.15.0.1053.55, 5.15.0.1064.64, 5.15.0-1064.66
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1064.66~20.04.1
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1104.106, 5.15.0.1104.108, 5.15.0-1107.113~20.04.1
linux-ibm-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1106.110~20.04.1
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1107.106, 5.15.0-1107.113
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1109.105, 5.15.0-1109.115, 5.15.0.1117.115, 5.15.0-1117.126, 6.8.0-1063.71, 6.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1109.115~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.2
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1117.102, 5.15.0-1117.126+fips1, 6.8.0-1063.71+fips2
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1117.126, 6.8.0-1062.69
linux (Debian package) - addressed in versions 6.1.170-1, 6.12.85-1
linux-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-136.136+fips2, 6.8.0-136.136.2, 6.8.0-136.136.2~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1058.61
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1030.31, 6.8.0-1033.34, 6.8.0-1061.62, 6.8.0-1061.62~22.04.1
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1059.62, 6.8.0-1059.62.1, 6.8.0-1059.62~22.04.1
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1061.64+fips1, 6.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1064.72+fips1

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