Not yet scoredPublished Aug 15, 2026

CVE-2026-72168mtd: maps: vmu-flash: fix fault in unaligned fixup

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 9:00 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: maps: vmu-flash: fix fault in unaligned fixup Use kzalloc_obj() / kzalloc_objs() to allocate the memcard structs, instead of kmalloc_obj() / kmalloc_objs() to prevent access to uninitialized data. Fixes runtime error: Fault in unaligned fixup: 0000 [#1] at mtd_get_fact_prot_info.

CVSS: Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE): Not given
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 21, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 builds before 1dc6653c47147ac754fced76b0932b8df1d2d414; from 47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 before 01928835d80829e615a492aa66c629b953ec7bef; from 47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 before 19360c25135fccb6bbafbee49a5f66baf9a311af; from 47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 before 455519f6b70f46ac6cbf41a75ac76ec5e59040f2; from 47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 before 79d1661502c6e4b6f626185cef72cf2fa78116e1	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc6653c47147ac754fced76b0932b8df1d2d414
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01928835d80829e615a492aa66c629b953ec7bef
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19360c25135fccb6bbafbee49a5f66baf9a311af
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/455519f6b70f46ac6cbf41a75ac76ec5e59040f2
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79d1661502c6e4b6f626185cef72cf2fa78116e1

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