Copyright © 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. Moderate 2026-08-15T00:00:00 kernel: dm era: fix out-of-bounds memory access for non-zero start sector 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CWE-125

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm era: fix out-of-bounds memory access for non-zero start sector dm-era tracks writes in target-relative blocks, but era_map() calculates the writeset block before applying the target offset. Tables with a non-zero start sector can therefore pass an absolute mapped-device block to metadata_current_marked(). If the absolute block is beyond the current writeset size, writeset_marked() tests past the end of the in-core bitset. KASAN reports this as a vmalloc-out-of-bounds access. Apply the target offset before calculating the era block so writeset lookups use the target-relative block number.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's device-mapper (dm-era) component. This vulnerability arises from an incorrect calculation of writeset blocks, which can lead to an out-of-bounds memory access. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service or other undefined behavior due to memory corruption.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Fix deferred kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Out of support scope kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Fix deferred kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Fix deferred kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Fix deferred kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Fix deferred kernel-rt https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72107 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72107 https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081526-CVE-2026-72107-0676@gregkh/T