CVE-2026-53038
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ima_fs: Correctly create securityfs files for unsupported hash algos
ima_tpm_chip->allocated_banks[i].crypto_id is initialized to
HASH_ALGO__LAST if the TPM algorithm is not supported. However there
are places relying on the algorithm to be valid because it is accessed
by hash_algo_name[].
On 6.12.40 I observe the following read out-of-bounds in hash_algo_name:
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BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in create_securityfs_measurement_lists+0x396/0x440
Read of size 8 at addr ffffffff83e18138 by task swapper/0/1
CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.12.40 #3
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x61/0x90
print_report+0xc4/0x580
? kasan_addr_to_slab+0x26/0x80
? create_securityfs_measurement_lists+0x396/0x440
kasan_report+0xc2/0x100
? create_securityfs_measurement_lists+0x396/0x440
create_securityfs_measurement_lists+0x396/0x440
ima_fs_init+0xa3/0x300
ima_init+0x7d/0xd0
init_ima+0x28/0x100
do_one_initcall+0xa6/0x3e0
kernel_init_freeable+0x455/0x740
kernel_init+0x24/0x1d0
ret_from_fork+0x38/0x80
ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20
</TASK>
The buggy address belongs to the variable:
hash_algo_name+0xb8/0x420
Memory state around the buggy address:
ffffffff83e18000: 00 01 f9 f9 f9 f9 f9 f9 00 01 f9 f9 f9 f9 f9 f9
ffffffff83e18080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>ffffffff83e18100: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f9 f9 f9 f9 f9 00 05 f9 f9
^
ffffffff83e18180: f9 f9 f9 f9 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 f9 f9 f9 f9
ffffffff83e18200: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 f9 f9 f9 f9 f9 f9 f9
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Seems like the TPM chip supports sha3_256, which isn't yet in
tpm_algorithms:
tpm tpm0: TPM with unsupported bank algorithm 0x0027
That's TPM_ALG_SHA3_256 == 0x0027 from "Trusted Platform Module 2.0
Library Part 2: Structures", page 51 [1].
See also the related U-Boot algorithms update [2].
Thus solve the problem by creating a file name with "_tpm_alg_<ID>"
postfix if the crypto algorithm isn't initialized.
This is how it looks on the test machine (patch ported to v6.12 release):
# ls -1 /sys/kernel/security/ima/
ascii_runtime_measurements
ascii_runtime_measurements_tpm_alg_27
ascii_runtime_measurements_sha1
ascii_runtime_measurements_sha256
binary_runtime_measurements
binary_runtime_measurements_tpm_alg_27
binary_runtime_measurements_sha1
binary_runtime_measurements_sha256
policy
runtime_measurements_count
violations
[1]: https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/wp-content/uploads/Trusted-Platform-Module-2.0-Library-Part-2-Version-184_pub.pdf
[2]: https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2024-July/558835.html
Summary dbcve.org
In the Linux kernel's IMA (Integrity Measurement Architecture) subsystem, when a TPM chip supports algorithms not in the supported tpm_algorithms list (e.g., sha3_256 with ID 0x0027), the crypto_id is set to HASH_ALGO__LAST. This invalid index is then used to access hash_algo_name[], causing a global out-of-bounds read in create_securityfs_measurement_lists. The fix creates file names with '_tpm_alg_<ID>' postfix for unsupported crypto algorithms instead of using the invalid hash_algo_name index.
Mitigation
This kernel bug requires a code fix in the IMA subsystem to properly handle unsupported TPM algorithms by using the raw TPM algorithm ID in the filename rather than an invalid hash algorithm index. System administrators should monitor for the 'TPM with unsupported bank algorithm' message and apply the kernel patch when available.