dm-verity: make error counter atomic
Published Aug 15, 2026
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.21%
Description
The error counter "v->corrupted_errs" was not atomic, thus it could be subject to race conditions. The call to dm_audit_log_target("max-corrupted-errors") may be skipped due to the races.
Affected products
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Affected
- ≥ , <
- ≥ , <
- ≥ , <
- ≥ , <
- ≥ , <
- ≥ , <
- ≥ , <
- ≥ , <
-
Affected
- 4.1
Unaffected
- ≥ 0, < 4.1
- ≥ 5.10.266, ≤ 5.10.*
- ≥ 5.15.217, ≤ 5.15.*
- ≥ 6.1.184, ≤ 6.1.*
- ≥ 6.12.97, ≤ 6.12.*
- ≥ 6.18.40, ≤ 6.18.*
- ≥ 6.6.148, ≤ 6.6.*
- ≥ 7.1.5, ≤ 7.1.*
- 7.2
Default status is the baseline for the product. Each version can override it (patched versions can be marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | unaffected | Affected
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| Linux | Linux | affected | Affected
Unaffected
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
kernel
Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
kernel
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel
Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel-rt
Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
kernel
Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
kernel-rt
Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
kernel
Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
kernel-rt
Fix deferred
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | kernel | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-rt | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel-rt | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | kernel | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | kernel-rt | Fix deferred | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
References (14)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-72096 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2516591 Issue Tracking
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-59054 Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/089e05b644d5aa786c21af467c80b24d691becb1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3303e5c6501e3638ded8e9402d703805b00ce64e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/752e214b2c6f15b40b0d873a2ce27733ce0884c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ec4d9c5a5cf4b61fc087f871465b1f79b393325
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7df22c4e0e9110f0be577919d3cb9389b2aba65
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aab5cb8a40e82bd33d0f3ae3c73041848b18bfd2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac99781115d37d10894653b47941d9d8fc26fa64
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8eddcb1bf72199451950aff9087bd76da80635d
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081524-CVE-2026-72096-3049@gregkh/T
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72096
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72096
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