CVE-2026-43132

MEDIUM

dm-verity: correctly handle dm_bufio_client_create() failure

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-verity: correctly handle dm_bufio_client_create() failure If either of the calls to dm_bufio_client_create() in verity_fec_ctr() fails, then dm_bufio_client_destroy() is later called with an ERR_PTR() argument. That causes a crash. Fix this.

References (8)

Core 8

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 2.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (26)
linux/Kernel 4.5.0 - 5.10.252linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.202linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.165linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.16linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.6linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.128linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.75linux
Linux/Linux < 4.5
Linux/Linux 4.5
Linux/Linux 5.10.252 - 5.10.*
... and 16 more
Published May 06, 2026
Tracked Since May 06, 2026