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  "record": {
    "id": "CVE-2025-39904",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39904",
    "idYear": 2025,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2025-10-01T07:44:27.739Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-11T21:38:39.363Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z",
    "snapshot": {
      "id": "cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline",
      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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    "facts": {
      "title": "arm64: kexec: initialize kexec_buf struct in load_other_segments()",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\narm64: kexec: initialize kexec_buf struct in load_other_segments()\n\nPatch series \"kexec: Fix invalid field access\".\n\nThe kexec_buf structure was previously declared without initialization. \ncommit bf454ec31add (\"kexec_file: allow to place kexec_buf randomly\")\nadded a field that is always read but not consistently populated by all\narchitectures.  This un-initialized field will contain garbage.\n\nThis is also triggering a UBSAN warning when the uninitialized data was\naccessed:\n\n\t------------[ cut here ]------------\n\tUBSAN: invalid-load in ./include/linux/kexec.h:210:10\n\tload of value 252 is not a valid value for type '_Bool'\n\nZero-initializing kexec_buf at declaration ensures all fields are cleanly\nset, preventing future instances of uninitialized memory being used.\n\nAn initial fix was already landed for arm64[0], and this patchset fixes\nthe problem on the remaining arm64 code and on riscv, as raised by Mark.\n\nDiscussions about this problem could be found at[1][2].\n\n\nThis patch (of 3):\n\nThe kexec_buf structure was previously declared without initialization.\ncommit bf454ec31add (\"kexec_file: allow to place kexec_buf randomly\")\nadded a field that is always read but not consistently populated by all\narchitectures. This un-initialized field will contain garbage.\n\nThis is also triggering a UBSAN warning when the uninitialized data was\naccessed:\n\n\t------------[ cut here ]------------\n\tUBSAN: invalid-load in ./include/linux/kexec.h:210:10\n\tload of value 252 is not a valid value for type '_Bool'\n\nZero-initializing kexec_buf at declaration ensures all fields are\ncleanly set, preventing future instances of uninitialized memory being\nused.",
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          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
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              "version": "6.16",
              "status": "affected"
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              "version": "0",
              "status": "unaffected",
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              "version": "6.16.8",
              "status": "unaffected",
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              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.16.*"
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              "version": "6.17",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*"
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