CVE-2026-72096: dm-verity: make error counter atomic

Severity: unknown
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-08-15 · updated 2026-08-23

Description

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.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 4.1 — fixed in 7.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/089e05b644d5aa786c21af467c80b24d691becb1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3303e5c6501e3638ded8e9402d703805b00ce64e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/752e214b2c6f15b40b0d873a2ce27733ce0884c6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ec4d9c5a5cf4b61fc087f871465b1f79b393325
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7df22c4e0e9110f0be577919d3cb9389b2aba65
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aab5cb8a40e82bd33d0f3ae3c73041848b18bfd2
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac99781115d37d10894653b47941d9d8fc26fa64
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8eddcb1bf72199451950aff9087bd76da80635d

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