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CVE-2026-72101

dm-integrity: fix leaking uninitialized kernel memory

N/A
Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:52 AM UTC
Updated: August 17, 2026 at 06:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-integrity: fix leaking uninitialized kernel memory If hash size is less than device's tuple size, dm-integrity is supposed to zero the remaining space. There was a bug in the code that zeroing didn't work. This commit fixes it.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel· Linux
95%
6.11 ≤ v < 6.12.1016.11 ≤ v < 6.18.406.11 ≤ v < 7.1.56.11 ≤ v < 7.26.11fb0987682c629c1d2c476f35f6fde405a5e304a4
Vendor states this is fixed in 0c4e9bb1d4101030f55c869f18bd3ece39a77bbb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 50af3e51dc709384701dbc721b4bd865285c5f2c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7bb03b2b01b814a9fc14afbfc2cbb2cca5b34750 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8f0af8493009a61b4313e0a8c6e03fbc36fd43f9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.101 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.40 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (4)

Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50af3e51dc709384701dbc721b4bd865285c5f2c
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c4e9bb1d4101030f55c869f18bd3ece39a77bbb
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f0af8493009a61b4313e0a8c6e03fbc36fd43f9
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bb03b2b01b814a9fc14afbfc2cbb2cca5b34750

Quick Info

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