High 7.8Published Aug 15, 2026

CVE-2026-72102dm_early_create: fix freeing used table on dm_resume failure

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 8:10 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm_early_create: fix freeing used table on dm_resume failure If dm_resume fails, the kernel attempts to free table with dm_table_destroy, but the table was already instantiated with dm_swap_table. This commit skips the call to dm_table_destroy in this case.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-415
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Received
Record last updated: Oct 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e builds before 3ba377a47a093cc19647ca7f102acd33a211d472; from 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e before 72c3283a2abd60ecef295e02270f22ef1dfccd25; from 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e before d6066145347e14db84c35b445e309f095d0d8125; from 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e before 259ce9e3fc3a3f8c4e393a2072b8f34302eb4d5a; 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e builds before 5f6500d44a912d4aed664600966706d76b81d9af; from 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e before 92e3c93d60be1f2425738cd66dbadac7d6bc0cd1; from 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e before 7d8ed7cb844df21e4d93af11250fb3a5cb861147; from 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e before 366665416f20527ff7cad548a32d1ddf23195740	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ba377a47a093cc19647ca7f102acd33a211d472
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72c3283a2abd60ecef295e02270f22ef1dfccd25
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6066145347e14db84c35b445e309f095d0d8125
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/259ce9e3fc3a3f8c4e393a2072b8f34302eb4d5a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f6500d44a912d4aed664600966706d76b81d9af
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92e3c93d60be1f2425738cd66dbadac7d6bc0cd1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d8ed7cb844df21e4d93af11250fb3a5cb861147
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/366665416f20527ff7cad548a32d1ddf23195740

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