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CVE-2026-72168

mtd: maps: vmu-flash: fix fault in unaligned fixup

N/A
Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:53 AM UTC
Updated: October 30, 2026 at 01:19 PM 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: 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.

Affected

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

Linux Kernel· Linux
90%
2.6.3047a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620
Vendor states this is fixed in 01928835d80829e615a492aa66c629b953ec7bef (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 19360c25135fccb6bbafbee49a5f66baf9a311af (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 455519f6b70f46ac6cbf41a75ac76ec5e59040f2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 79d1661502c6e4b6f626185cef72cf2fa78116e1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.30 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.101 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.42 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.160 (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 (9)

Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01928835d80829e615a492aa66c629b953ec7bef
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19360c25135fccb6bbafbee49a5f66baf9a311af
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/455519f6b70f46ac6cbf41a75ac76ec5e59040f2
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79d1661502c6e4b6f626185cef72cf2fa78116e1
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f781e80c9f1e52d92535c076573b0cdafab04864
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/631edc934e476991a04723d3283e6628d077f8c1
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90494884cd9f02c38b4eafb0ed3b0e1a4410e2ac
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc6653c47147ac754fced76b0932b8df1d2d414

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