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CVE-2026-80963: dm-stats: fix a crash if allocation of per-cpu data fails

• 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: 2026-09-11 · updated 2026-10-19

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-stats: fix a crash if allocation of per-cpu data fails If "dm_kvzalloc(percpu_alloc_size, cpu_to_node(cpu))" fails, the code jumps to the "out" label and calls dm_stat_free. dm_stat_free does "for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) { dm_kvfree(s->stat_percpu[cpu][0].histogram, s->histogram_alloc_size);", which crashes with NULL pointer dereference if s->stat_percpu[cpu] is NULL. This commit fixes the bug by testing s->stat_percpu[cpu] for NULL before using it.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 3.12 — fixed in 7.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 7.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c8f7870ed3ebd512f090d7714cc2c556b9e5c75
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/389a50d094e13724f5f45e6d9d6ef734c98ba291
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/564d17573ef643c13cf6e9015124a205fa65e704
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74210fa072960a18bb0eead487585452af722e4f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9805d87d0e26c68ee69da3928e665214d2e2851a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3f211b7a277dd404b4e7d23095be964b5b46a27
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc87e26d9cce22061dc21e51e11afef29dbbc36a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e45f0b0c41139810ff395ba2f3cfca1460a5b8a6

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