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High 7.8Published Aug 15, 2026

CVE-2026-72102dm_early_create: fix freeing used table on dm_resume failure

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm_early_create: fix freeing used table on dm_resume failure If dm_resume fails, the kernel attempts to free table with dm_table_destroy, but the table was already instantiated with dm_swap_table. This commit skips the call to dm_table_destroy in this case.

CVSS
7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
Oct 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Linux Linux
linux:linux (from the name)
6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e builds before 3ba377a47a093cc19647ca7f102acd33a211d472; from 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e before 72c3283a2abd60ecef295e02270f22ef1dfccd25; from 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e before d6066145347e14db84c35b445e309f095d0d8125; from 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e before 259ce9e3fc3a3f8c4e393a2072b8f34302eb4d5a; 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e builds before 5f6500d44a912d4aed664600966706d76b81d9af; from 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e before 92e3c93d60be1f2425738cd66dbadac7d6bc0cd1; from 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e before 7d8ed7cb844df21e4d93af11250fb3a5cb861147; from 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e before 366665416f20527ff7cad548a32d1ddf23195740
CNA record

References

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