CVE-2026-72316

{"id": "CVE-2026-72316", "cveTags": [], "metrics": {}, "affected": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "affectedData": [{"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "eec40579d84873dfb7021eb24c50360f073237c5", "lessThan": "a705e056c2f3dd067fb2ff414f0537530baa090b", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "eec40579d84873dfb7021eb24c50360f073237c5", "lessThan": "bd5a80128bdfc93b1cae935a70da000b8c483e6e", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "eec40579d84873dfb7021eb24c50360f073237c5", "lessThan": "17eb2ab13edd0b06ce6f996c5fd450d7efabb2e8", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "eec40579d84873dfb7021eb24c50360f073237c5", "lessThan": "889374b8e4a60d13fe4a5a8ae3a311ca93d1a2c3", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "eec40579d84873dfb7021eb24c50360f073237c5", "lessThan": "01c49eae7c6256f2d8cc08210a2bac3ee070e43a", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "eec40579d84873dfb7021eb24c50360f073237c5", "lessThan": "14e03ecd3b1b5fc03c082b27a2f8889f8290c30e", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "eec40579d84873dfb7021eb24c50360f073237c5", "lessThan": "b69ea153d30ce19ca8997eeeca1e2219fae5a29b", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "eec40579d84873dfb7021eb24c50360f073237c5", "lessThan": "9ae672606c17891d90b282e3490b817620549599", "versionType": "git"}], "programFiles": ["drivers/md/dm-era-target.c"], "defaultStatus": "unaffected"}, {"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "3.15"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "0", "lessThan": "3.15", "versionType": "semver"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "5.10.261", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "5.15.212", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "6.1.178", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "6.6.145", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "6.12.97", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "6.18.40", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "7.1.5", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "7.2", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*"}], "programFiles": ["drivers/md/dm-era-target.c"], "defaultStatus": "affected"}]}], "published": "2026-08-15T06:22:04.503", "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01c49eae7c6256f2d8cc08210a2bac3ee070e43a", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14e03ecd3b1b5fc03c082b27a2f8889f8290c30e", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17eb2ab13edd0b06ce6f996c5fd450d7efabb2e8", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/889374b8e4a60d13fe4a5a8ae3a311ca93d1a2c3", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ae672606c17891d90b282e3490b817620549599", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a705e056c2f3dd067fb2ff414f0537530baa090b", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b69ea153d30ce19ca8997eeeca1e2219fae5a29b", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd5a80128bdfc93b1cae935a70da000b8c483e6e", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}], "vulnStatus": "Received", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndm era: fix NULL pointer dereference in metadata_open()\n\nmetadata_open() returns NULL when kzalloc_obj() fails, but the\ncaller era_ctr() only checks IS_ERR(md). Since IS_ERR(NULL)\nreturns false, the NULL pointer is treated as a valid result\nand later assigned to era->md, leading to a NULL pointer\ndereference when the metadata is accessed.\n\nFix this by returning ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) on allocation failure,\nconsistent with dm-cache-metadata.c, dm-thin-metadata.c, and\ndm-clone-metadata.c which all use ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) for the\nsame pattern."}], "lastModified": "2026-08-17T06:18:34.890", "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}