dm-verity: fix a possible NULL pointer dereference
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
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-verity: fix a possible NULL pointer dereference Fix a possible NULL pointer dereference dm_verity_loadpin_is_bdev_trusted if the device has no table.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00215 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97 +3
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 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72097
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c233-jcv3-h462
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d4f1d307ac0f4f55cebeb192a90a235aa060ed1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f04b390add2e14c5b36829a0a1529c4eb65a2e1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32f8231c81bd45ab92d49b646a154551f7d54f4f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15eaa3801f2f9207dff156f1ab3e7436ce52bb1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81f41d989a32458ff3512f6b05458eaf8926579c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e72b793ae440f6900fb17a4b8518c707b5cd3e17
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72097 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72097 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c233-jcv3-h462 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72097 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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