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CVE-2026-43132

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-verity: correctly handle dm_bufio_client_create(

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-verity: correctly handle dm_bufio_client_create() failure If either of the calls to dm_bufio_client_create() in verity_fec_ctr() fails, then dm_bufio_client_destroy() is later called with an ERR_PTR() argument. That causes a crash. Fix this.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.00013
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Affected Products & Versions

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linux kernel>= 4.5 and < 5.10.252
linux kernel>= 5.11 and < 5.15.202
linux kernel>= 5.16 and < 6.1.165
linux kernel>= 6.2 and < 6.6.128
linux kernel>= 6.7 and < 6.12.75
linux kernel>= 6.13 and < 6.18.16
linux kernel>= 6.19 and < 6.19.6
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Scoring & Timeline

5.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD06 May 2026 · 12:16 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/031f2adc1499b112a39ac316bbab3c80bba16cf2Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/119f4f04186fa4f33ee6bd39af145cdaff1ff17fPatch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/451cc650e40e8c3222d37877a9e4be0fcaacb9c8Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c2217ddb3b7e7ac25f4ebe9061258fc8f1c9167Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6283e49af87a9c121bb01e5a64a7fe5706c210bcPatch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b8dc1d327e2928f3da59ced0595d850d31c0936Patch
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