CVE-2026-72107

dm era: fix out-of-bounds memory access for non-zero start sector

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:52 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

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

3.15eec40579d84873dfb7021eb24c50360f073237c5
Vendor states this is fixed in 1fcb5e29dd7a5b85adb9d8b539911741d878e829 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7e1822f83c5a1ee7b4a19e98edde8770a10b4c71 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9946a7176bd8c25ddd6e5f1799c54e572ee6bf0f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a868196f03c2b19418ae3d2b69e195d668a271e5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bafe3e720cdac38cd7ea4eb7852a8f2dbe1bbfe6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in db5f9b4601f0012038e5a2628aedec2f47933380 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e3ffa8e492e5cdee62d916ee3e9244ccce2b73c5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fe94a0b14010a3c267ff9a2508afb4f27ff1c5bf (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.261 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.212 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.178 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.97 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.40 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.145 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusRECEIVED
CWE
CWE-125

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