CVE-2026-72101 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dm-integrity: fix leaking uninitialized kernel memory

If hash size is less than device's tuple size, dm-integrity is supposed
to zero the remaining space. There was a bug in the code that zeroing
didn't work. This commit fixes it.

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References

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c4e9bb1d4101030f55c869f18bd3ece39a77bbb
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50af3e51dc709384701dbc721b4bd865285c5f2c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bb03b2b01b814a9fc14afbfc2cbb2cca5b34750
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f0af8493009a61b4313e0a8c6e03fbc36fd43f9

History

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-integrity: fix leaking uninitialized kernel memory If hash size is less than device's tuple size, dm-integrity is supposed to zero the remaining space. There was a bug in the code that zeroing didn't work. This commit fixes it.
Title		dm-integrity: fix leaking uninitialized kernel memory
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c4e9bb1d4101030f55c869f18bd3ece39a77bbb https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50af3e51dc709384701dbc721b4bd865285c5f2c https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bb03b2b01b814a9fc14afbfc2cbb2cca5b34750 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f0af8493009a61b4313e0a8c6e03fbc36fd43f9

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-08-15T05:52:45.548Z

Updated: 2026-08-15T05:52:45.548Z

Reserved: 2026-08-09T03:40:39.905Z

Link: CVE-2026-72101

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-15T06:21:24.223

Modified: 2026-08-15T06:21:24.223

Link: CVE-2026-72101

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