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GHSA-C233-JCV3-H462

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

Details

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.

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  "modified": "2026-08-15T06:32:12Z",
  "published": "2026-08-15T06:32:12Z",
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CVE-2026-72097 (GCVE-0-2026-72097)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:52 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:08

Title

dm-verity: fix a possible NULL pointer dereference

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d4f1d307ac0f4f55…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f04b390add2e14c5…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32f8231c81bd45ab9…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15eaa3801f2f9207…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81f41d989a32458ff…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e72b793ae440f6900…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b , < 7d4f1d307ac0f4f55cebeb192a90a235aa060ed1 (git) Affected: b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b , < 1f04b390add2e14c5b36829a0a1529c4eb65a2e1 (git) Affected: b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b , < 32f8231c81bd45ab92d49b646a154551f7d54f4f (git) Affected: b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b , < f15eaa3801f2f9207dff156f1ab3e7436ce52bb1 (git) Affected: b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b , < 81f41d989a32458ff3512f6b05458eaf8926579c (git) Affected: b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b , < e72b793ae440f6900fb17a4b8518c707b5cd3e17 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.0 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.0 (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.178 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.145 , ≤ 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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GHSA-C233-JCV3-H462

CVE-2026-72097 (GCVE-0-2026-72097)

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