Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64297

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Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64297

Published: July 27, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU139692
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-2026-64297
CWE-ID: CWE-703
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper exception handling in module decompression in kernel/module/decompress.c when processing a module for loading. A local user can trigger an allocation failure condition to cause a denial of service.

The issue can lead to a kernel oops due to a dereference of ZERO_SIZE_PTR after a failed allocation.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
Public Cloud Module
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Real Time Module
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_78-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_78-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_21-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_84-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_22-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_84-default
cluster-md-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-source-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-source
reiserfs-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-debugsource
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default
kernel-syms
kernel-default-devel
kernel-devel
kernel-macros
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-docs
kernel-default-base

How to mitigate CVE-2026-64297

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-147.147, 7.0.0-31.31
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-147.147.1
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1068.72, 7.0.0-1019.19
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1071.79, 7.0.0-1014.14
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1071.79, 7.0.0-1011.11
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1067.70, 7.0.0-1012.12
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1067.68, 7.0.0-1013.13
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1064.67, 7.0.0-1011.11
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1069.76
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1067.70, 7.0.0-1018.18
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.1-1062.63, 7.0.0-31.31.1
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-149.149~22.04.1
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-149.149.1~22.04.1
linux-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-147.147+fips1
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1071.78~22.04.1
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1067.71~22.04.1
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1073.82~22.04.1
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1069.74~22.04.1
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1067.70.1
linux-gkeop (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1052.56
linux-gke (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1066.74, 7.0.0-1006.7
linux-ibm-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1069.70~22.04.1
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1073.81~22.04.1
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1067.70+fips1
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-2056.58
linux-realtime-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.1-1064.65~22.04.1
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-2018.18
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-31.31~24.04.1
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1013.13
linux-aws-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1012.12~24.04.1
linux-nvidia-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1018.18~24.04.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_78-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_78-rt - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_21-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_84-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_22-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_84-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1.150700.17.47.1

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