# CVE-2026-53282: x86/kexec: Push kjump return address even for non-kjump kexec

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-06-26 · Updated: 2026-06-26

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/kexec: Push kjump return address even for non-kjump kexec The version of purgatory code shipped by kexec-tools attempts to look above the top of its stack to find a return address for a kjump, even in a non-kjump kexec. After the commit in Fixes: the word above the stack might not be there, leading to a fault (which is at least now caught by my exception-handling code in kexec). That commit fixed things for the actual kjump path, but no longer "gratuitously" pushes the unused return address to the stack in the non-kjump path. Put that *back* in the non-kjump path, to prevent purgatory from crashing when trying to access it.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0bd7a850e1f082560959707dbf57b0402071646
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dba9631faa2ee0785e8c2bf0e3d90a05f26dd8c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/786a45757dcdf8f2beb9d4a6db605db16c18b2b4

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