CVE-2026-72168

high

Description

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79d1661502c6e4b6f626185cef72cf2fa78116e1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/455519f6b70f46ac6cbf41a75ac76ec5e59040f2

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc6653c47147ac754fced76b0932b8df1d2d414

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19360c25135fccb6bbafbee49a5f66baf9a311af

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01928835d80829e615a492aa66c629b953ec7bef

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-58926

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-15

Updated: 2026-10-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00209