mtd: maps: vmu-flash: fix fault in unaligned fixup
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: mtd: maps: vmu-flash: fix fault in unaligned fixup Use kzalloc_obj() / kzalloc_objs() to allocate the memcard structs, instead of kmalloc_obj() / kmalloc_objs() to prevent access to uninitialized data. Fixes runtime error: Fault in unaligned fixup: 0000 [#1] at mtd_get_fact_prot_info.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00215 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.101 +3
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. 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-2026-72168
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-24w7-qc46-mvh6
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/Linux@1dc6653c47147ac754fced76b0932b8df1d2d414, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/Linux@1b38399b3f949fd631cd12c96a3857ff4313dd90, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b38399b3f949fd631cd12c96a3857ff4313dd90
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc6653c47147ac754fced76b0932b8df1d2d414
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01928835d80829e615a492aa66c629b953ec7bef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19360c25135fccb6bbafbee49a5f66baf9a311af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/455519f6b70f46ac6cbf41a75ac76ec5e59040f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79d1661502c6e4b6f626185cef72cf2fa78116e1
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72168 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72168 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-24w7-qc46-mvh6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72168 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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