[PATCH] crash_dump: Fix potential double free and UAF of keys_header

From: Coiby Xu

Date: Fri Apr 03 2026 - 06:01:58 EST


If kexec_add_buffer fails, keys_header will be freed. And depending on
/sys/kernel/config/crash_dm_crypt_key/reuse, it will lead to the
following two problems if the kexec_file_load syscall is called again,
1. Double free of keys_header if reuse=false
2. UAF of keys_header if reuse=true

Address these problems by setting keys_header to NULL after freeing
kbuf.buffer and re-building keys_header when necessary respectively.

Fixes: 479e58549b0f ("crash_dump: store dm crypt keys in kdump reserved memory")
Fixes: 9ebfa8dcaea7 ("crash_dump: reuse saved dm crypt keys for CPU/memory hot-plugging")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Coiby Xu <coxu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c b/kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c
index a20d4097744a..92eebef27156 100644
--- a/kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c
+++ b/kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ int crash_load_dm_crypt_keys(struct kimage *image)
return -ENOENT;
}

- if (!is_dm_key_reused) {
+ if (!is_dm_key_reused || !keys_header) {
image->dm_crypt_keys_addr = 0;
r = build_keys_header();
if (r)
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ int crash_load_dm_crypt_keys(struct kimage *image)
r = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
if (r) {
kvfree((void *)kbuf.buffer);
+ keys_header = NULL;
return r;
}
image->dm_crypt_keys_addr = kbuf.mem;

base-commit: d8a9a4b11a137909e306e50346148fc5c3b63f9d
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2.53.0