CVE-2026-72096 in Linux

Résumé

par MITRE • 15/08/2026

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

dm-verity: make error counter atomic

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.

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• Responsable: Linux
• Réserver: 09/08/2026
• Divulgation: 15/08/2026
• Modérer: accepté
• Entrée: VDB-390526
• CPE: prêt
• CWE: CWE-362 (confirmé)
• CVSS: 9.9 (VulDB)
• EPSS: 0.00000
• KEV: non
• Activités: très faible
• Secteur: Telecommunication, Hospital, ...

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72096
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72096
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-72096/