Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53038

Vulnerability identifier: #VU135315

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53038

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read in create_securityfs_measurement_lists in the IMA securityfs measurement list creation logic when processing TPM banks with unsupported hash algorithms. A local user can trigger initialization on a system with a TPM that reports an unsupported bank algorithm to cause a denial of service.

The issue is triggered during IMA initialization when a TPM bank algorithm is left as HASH_ALGO__LAST and then used as an index into hash_algo_name[].

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-28.28, 7.0.0-28.28.1, 7.0.0-1003.4, 7.0.0-1008.8
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1008.8, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1009.9
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1015.15
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16, 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-2016.16

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/081b557cb56e1cfa8d1619b2601b01c53e3f418c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88d4e89a39f0de07798ca3fd93bd1a9ea212a82e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6766b171a5c4c33b26ff6fec530cb798db1f75e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7bd8cf0b348d3edae7bee33e74a32b21668b181

• Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel integrity ima
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-ibm
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure
• Ubuntu update for linux-aws
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-bos
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia