dm era: fix NULL pointer dereference in metadata_open() (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.22 % · percentile 13 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm era: fix NULL pointer dereference in metadata_open() metadata_open() returns NULL when kzalloc_obj() fails, but the caller era_ctr() only checks IS_ERR(md). Since IS_ERR(NULL) returns false, the NULL pointer is treated as a valid result and later assigned to era->md, leading to a NULL pointer dereference when the metadata is accessed. Fix this by returning ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) on allocation failure, consistent with dm-cache-metadata.c, dm-thin-metadata.c, and dm-clone-metadata.c which all use ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) for the same pattern.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a705e056c2f3dd067fb2ff414f0537530baa090b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd5a80128bdfc93b1cae935a70da000b8c483e6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17eb2ab13edd0b06ce6f996c5fd450d7efabb2e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/889374b8e4a60d13fe4a5a8ae3a311ca93d1a2c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01c49eae7c6256f2d8cc08210a2bac3ee070e43a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14e03ecd3b1b5fc03c082b27a2f8889f8290c30e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b69ea153d30ce19ca8997eeeca1e2219fae5a29b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ae672606c17891d90b282e3490b817620549599
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-59215
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-72316
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1333 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1286 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected eec40579d84873dfb7021eb24c50360f073237c5 < a705e056c2f3dd067fb2ff414f0537530baa090b ; affected eec40579d84873dfb7021eb24c50360f073237c5 < bd5a80128bdfc93b1cae935a70da000b8c483e6e ; affected eec40579d84873dfb7021eb24c50360f073237c5 < 17eb2ab13edd0b06ce6f996c5fd450d7efabb2e8 ; affected eec40579d84873dfb7021eb24c50360f073237c5 < 889374b8e4a60d13fe4a5a8ae3a311ca93d1a2c3 ; affected eec40579d84873dfb7021eb24c50360f073237c5 < 01c49eae7c6256f2d8cc08210a2bac3ee070e43a ; affected eec40579d84873dfb7021eb24c50360f073237c5 < 14e03ecd3b1b5fc03c082b27a2f8889f8290c30e |
| Linux · Linux | affected 3.15 ; unaffected 0 < 3.15 ; unaffected 5.10.261 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.212 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.178 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.145 ≤ 6.6.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |