Unscored severity · published Oct 26, 2026
CVE-2026-99097
tee: shm: reject zero-sized allocations in tee_dyn_shm_alloc_helper()
New
–
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tee: shm: reject zero-sized allocations in tee_dyn_shm_alloc_helper()
tee_dyn_shm_alloc_helper() derives nr_pages from a caller-supplied size
and passes it to alloc_pages_exact() without checking it. For size == 0
nr_pages is 0, and alloc_pages_exact(0) calls get_order(0), which is
documented as undefined and returns BITS_PER_LONG - PAGE_SHIFT. The page
allocator then trips its order > MAX_PAGE_ORDER warning and fails the
allocation; on a panic_on_warn kernel that ends the boot.
This can be triggered by TEE_IOC_SHM_ALLOC with struct
tee_ioctl_shm_alloc_data where size is 0.
Reject a zero page count, as register_shm_helper() already does for the
register path.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
cf4441503e20a0c0a36e0a98dcf57de3d3844c91 before e5dc7af9c3a5373ee7a84959126e7dfa9e4ad50d; cf4441503e20a0c0a36e0a98dcf57de3d3844c91 before 65cb86860a80ffc6af897d53f5bd4b1733bca0ec; cf4441503e20a0c0a36e0a98dcf57de3d3844c91 before c2a97703359e25ec7ef8b2b0ef32fb3982add90a; cf4441503e20a0c0a36e0a98dcf57de3d3844c91 before b7f925fd5226deb953c8dcdc9677d3fcc2717c00; 6.10 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99097
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99097
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65cb86860a80ffc6af897d53f5bd4b1733bca0ec
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7f925fd5226deb953c8dcdc9677d3fcc2717c00
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2a97703359e25ec7ef8b2b0ef32fb3982add90a
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5dc7af9c3a5373ee7a84959126e7dfa9e4ad50d
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