| Name | CVE-2026-72316 |
| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm era: fix NULL pointer dereference in metadata_open() metadata_open() returns NULL when kzalloc_obj() fails, but the caller era_ctr() only checks IS_ERR(md). Since IS_ERR(NULL) returns false, the NULL pointer is treated as a valid result and later assigned to era->md, leading to a NULL pointer dereference when the metadata is accessed. Fix this by returning ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) on allocation failure, consistent with dm-cache-metadata.c, dm-thin-metadata.c, and dm-clone-metadata.c which all use ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) for the same pattern. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | bookworm | 6.1.176-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.180-1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 6.12.94-1 | vulnerable | |
| trixie (security) | 6.12.107-1 | fixed | |
| forky | 7.1.12-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 7.1.13-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | bullseye | 5.10.262-1 | |||
| linux | source | bookworm | 6.1.180-1 | |||
| linux | source | trixie | 6.12.100-1 | |||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 7.1.5-1 |
https://git.kernel.org/linus/9ae672606c17891d90b282e3490b817620549599 (7.2-rc3)