# CVE-2026-64544: crypto: asymmetric\_keys - fix OOB read in pefile\_digest\_pe\_contents

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-27 · Updated: 2026-08-17

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.17

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: asymmetric_keys - fix OOB read in pefile_digest_pe_contents pefile_digest_pe_contents() computes the trailing-data hash length as pelen - (hashed_bytes + certs_size). A crafted PE can make the addition exceed pelen, causing the unsigned subtraction to underflow to ~4 GiB. This is passed to crypto_shash_update() which reads out of bounds and panics on unmapped vmalloc guard pages. BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc900038d8000 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI RIP: 0010:sha256_blocks_generic (lib/crypto/sha256.c:152) Call Trace: <TASK> __sha256_update (lib/crypto/sha256.c:208) crypto_sha256_update (crypto/sha256.c:142) verify_pefile_signature (crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c:436) kexec_kernel_verify_pe_sig (kernel/kexec_file.c:151) __do_sys_kexec_file_load (kernel/kexec_file.c:406) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121) </TASK> Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception Validate that the addition does not overflow and the result does not exceed pelen before the subtraction. Return -ELIBBAD on failure.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89efd998470a93284b7ad5a20d4e0e3c6858ae8e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7016377699b5b25b7ec3c0bf2ec3f983c7e95f7c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b798ada5a5d1cb4cc4cfa72074b1b463eca6c506
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/627938383761fb4334b41ebe7ef438d6b8b19d60
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e162bc386e71b5412425a38ee048e8d2185491b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6acd2fbd00f9c72aebefce63fc2e73e8f3d79061
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/803591785d33cf13b6f73ce2796e8b9e6d5e6526
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7dd32c5179d7755de18e21d5674b08f9e5cb180

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