dm era: fix out-of-bounds memory access for non-zero start sector
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm era: fix out-of-bounds memory access for non-zero start sector dm-era tracks writes in target-relative blocks, but era_map() calculates the writeset block before applying the target offset. Tables with a non-zero start sector can therefore pass an absolute mapped-device block to metadata_current_marked(). If the absolute block is beyond the current writeset size, writeset_marked() tests past the end of the in-core bitset. KASAN reports this as a vmalloc-out-of-bounds access. Apply the target offset before calculating the era block so writeset lookups use the target-relative block number.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 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 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| 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 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72107
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pp8j-c3wv-r68r
- 2026-10-14 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
- 2026-10-16 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-16 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
- 2026-10-20 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe94a0b14010a3c267ff9a2508afb4f27ff1c5bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3ffa8e492e5cdee62d916ee3e9244ccce2b73c5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9946a7176bd8c25ddd6e5f1799c54e572ee6bf0f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e1822f83c5a1ee7b4a19e98edde8770a10b4c71
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db5f9b4601f0012038e5a2628aedec2f47933380
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fcb5e29dd7a5b85adb9d8b539911741d878e829
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bafe3e720cdac38cd7ea4eb7852a8f2dbe1bbfe6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a868196f03c2b19418ae3d2b69e195d668a271e5
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72107 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72107 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pp8j-c3wv-r68r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72107 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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