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CVE-2026-72097dm-verity: fix a possible NULL pointer dereference
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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.
- CVSS
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- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Received
- Record last updated
- Aug 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b before 7d4f1d307ac0f4f55cebeb192a90a235aa060ed1; from b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b before 1f04b390add2e14c5b36829a0a1529c4eb65a2e1; from b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b before 32f8231c81bd45ab92d49b646a154551f7d54f4f; from b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b before f15eaa3801f2f9207dff156f1ab3e7436ce52bb1; from b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b before 81f41d989a32458ff3512f6b05458eaf8926579c; from b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b before e72b793ae440f6900fb17a4b8518c707b5cd3e17 | CNA record |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d4f1d307ac0f4f55cebeb192a90a235aa060ed1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f04b390add2e14c5b36829a0a1529c4eb65a2e1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32f8231c81bd45ab92d49b646a154551f7d54f4f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15eaa3801f2f9207dff156f1ab3e7436ce52bb1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81f41d989a32458ff3512f6b05458eaf8926579c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e72b793ae440f6900fb17a4b8518c707b5cd3e17
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