# CVE-2025-71306: ima: Fix stack-out-of-bounds in is\_bprm\_creds\_for\_exec()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.58, 6.19.4
- Published: 2026-05-27 · Updated: 2026-10-21

## Affected

- Linux: from 95b3cdafd7cb74414070893445a9b731793f7b55, fixed in 0f39d936a34933ebfbdc13a04f0aba814d3b9709; from 95b3cdafd7cb74414070893445a9b731793f7b55, fixed in ab3d16da982a4ebb715d487dbf9dd66e3990d935; from 95b3cdafd7cb74414070893445a9b731793f7b55, fixed in 377cae9851e8559e9d8b82a78c1ac0abeb18839c
- Linux: 6.14
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.14.0, fixed in 6.18.58; from 6.19.0, fixed in 6.19.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ima: Fix stack-out-of-bounds in is_bprm_creds_for_exec() KASAN reported a stack-out-of-bounds access in ima_appraise_measurement from is_bprm_creds_for_exec: BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in ima_appraise_measurement+0x12dc/0x16a0 Read of size 1 at addr ffffc9000160f940 by task sudo/550 The buggy address belongs to stack of task sudo/550 and is located at offset 24 in frame: ima_appraise_measurement+0x0/0x16a0 This frame has 2 objects: [48, 56) 'file' [80, 148) 'hash' This is caused by using container_of on the *file pointer. This offset calculation is what triggers the stack-out-of-bounds error. In order to fix this, pass in a bprm_is_check boolean which can be set depending on how process_measurement is called. If the caller has a linux_binprm pointer and the function is BPRM_CHECK we can determine is_check and set it then. Otherwise set it to false.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.18.58, 6.19.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f39d936a34933ebfbdc13a04f0aba814d3b9709
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab3d16da982a4ebb715d487dbf9dd66e3990d935
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/377cae9851e8559e9d8b82a78c1ac0abeb18839c

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