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GHSA-8596-MC33-986Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-23 15:32

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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.

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CVE-2026-72096 (GCVE-0-2026-72096)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:52 – Updated: 2026-08-23 12:46

Title

dm-verity: make error counter atomic

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8eddcb1bf7219945…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aab5cb8a40e82bd33…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7df22c4e0e9110f0…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac99781115d37d108…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3303e5c6501e3638d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/089e05b644d5aa786…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/752e214b2c6f15b40…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ec4d9c5a5cf4b61f…

Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 , < b8eddcb1bf72199451950aff9087bd76da80635d (git) Affected: 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 , < aab5cb8a40e82bd33d0f3ae3c73041848b18bfd2 (git) Affected: 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 , < a7df22c4e0e9110f0be577919d3cb9389b2aba65 (git) Affected: 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 , < ac99781115d37d10894653b47941d9d8fc26fa64 (git) Affected: 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 , < 3303e5c6501e3638ded8e9402d703805b00ce64e (git) Affected: 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 , < 089e05b644d5aa786c21af467c80b24d691becb1 (git) Affected: 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 , < 752e214b2c6f15b40b0d873a2ce27733ce0884c6 (git) Affected: 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 , < 8ec4d9c5a5cf4b61fc087f871465b1f79b393325 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 4.1 Unaffected: 0 , < 4.1 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.266 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.217 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.184 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.148 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.97 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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