dm-verity: make error counter atomic
Priority LOW 22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-verity: make error counter atomic The error counter "v->corrupted_errs" was not atomic, thus it could be subject to race conditions. The call to dm_audit_log_target("max-corrupted-errors") may be skipped due to the races.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00216 12th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.10.266, 5.15.217, 6.1.184 +5Red Hat: 4 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.266, 5.15.217, 6.1.184, 6.6.148, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72096
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8596-mc33-986q
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8eddcb1bf72199451950aff9087bd76da80635d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aab5cb8a40e82bd33d0f3ae3c73041848b18bfd2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7df22c4e0e9110f0be577919d3cb9389b2aba65
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac99781115d37d10894653b47941d9d8fc26fa64
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3303e5c6501e3638ded8e9402d703805b00ce64e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/089e05b644d5aa786c21af467c80b24d691becb1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/752e214b2c6f15b40b0d873a2ce27733ce0884c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ec4d9c5a5cf4b61fc087f871465b1f79b393325
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72096 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72096 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8596-mc33-986q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72096 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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