CVE-2026-72097 json
dm-verity: fix a possible NULL pointer dereference
published 2026-08-15 2 mo ago modified 2026-11-06 2 d ago also EUVD-2026-59055
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
- linux Debian 12 6.1.180-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.100-1
- linux Debian 14 7.1.5-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72097
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-147.147
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-38.38
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1067.70
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1014.14
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1071.79
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1014.14
- linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1066.74
- linux-gke Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1008.9
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72097
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d4f1d307ac0f4f55cebeb192a90a235aa060ed1 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f04b390add2e14c5b36829a0a1529c4eb65a2e1 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/32f8231c81bd45ab92d49b646a154551f7d54f4f commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15eaa3801f2f9207dff156f1ab3e7436ce52bb1 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/81f41d989a32458ff3512f6b05458eaf8926579c commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e72b793ae440f6900fb17a4b8518c707b5cd3e17 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-72097 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: dm-verity: fix a possible NULL pointer dereference
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 d ago
Exploit prediction
0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/7d4f1d307ac0f4f55cebeb192a90a235aa060ed1
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/1f04b390add2e14c5b36829a0a1529c4eb65a2e1
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/32f8231c81bd45ab92d49b646a154551f7d54f4f
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/f15eaa3801f2f9207dff156f1ab3e7436ce52bb1
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/81f41d989a32458ff3512f6b05458eaf8926579c
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/e72b793ae440f6900fb17a4b8518c707b5cd3e17
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-72097
- NVD CVE-2026-72097
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