CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-72106

Low risk· EPSS 12%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.22%

12th percentile - higher than 12% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's dm-ioctl module, there is a potential buffer overflow in list_version_get_info. The code writes 16 bytes into a 12-byte buffer, which can lead to buffer overflow.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability may lead to system crash or potentially privilege escalation if an attacker can invoke the relevant ioctl.

Recommendation

Apply the kernel patch that changes the size to sizeof(struct dm_target_versions), and restrict access to the device-mapper interface.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-ioctl: fix a possible overflow in list_version_get_info sizeof(tt->version) is 12 bytes, but the code writes 16 bytes into the output buffer - info->vers->version[0], info->vers->version[1], info->vers->version[2] and info->vers->next. This can cause buffer overflow. Fix this buffer overflow by replacing "sizeof(tt->version)" with "sizeof(struct dm_target_versions)".

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