Kernel service interruption via dm-log size wraparound
Published Aug 15, 2026 · Updated Aug 15, 2026
Integer overflow in dm-log on affected 32-bit Linux kernels allows local users to interrupt service through a crafted region count. The bitmap sizing calculation rounds region_count to BITS_PER_LONG in a 32-bit size_t, causing bitset_size to wrap from 2^32 to zero before allocation. Reachability requires a 32-bit kernel and a region count in the narrow range that rounds to 2^32; the resulting allocation failure denies service.
Summary
What happened
Integer overflow in dm-log on affected 32-bit Linux kernels allows local users to interrupt service through a crafted region count. The bitmap sizing calculation rounds region_count to BITS_PER_LONG in a 32-bit size_t, causing bitset_size to wrap from 2^32 to zero before allocation. Reachability requires a 32-bit kernel and a region count in the narrow range that rounds to 2^32; the resulting allocation failure denies service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-72105
- Published
- Aug 15, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 15, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-190, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 15, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 15, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=12bd5b88e91a02785244ff1d20fb157e96e9cdc8 <1c3412b584e1fb6c665ff33ba7259253bc0082cb
- Affected versionversion=3ec74da927b4e171a6fc0e77b1188ba4d019af51 <567602fa72d57169365cbc589e0b8c3be900636d
- Affected versionversion=44ab8875ae4a2842bde2d756bed195d375e0debb <cdc4ddf9db2cb79f4ab86b1a509b7ac21b0b6cf5
- Affected versionversion=4ec8323b9f0764a14d532b1ae9b87f8a9fecb867
- Affected versionversion=5.10.258 <5.10.261
- Affected versionversion=5.15.209 <5.15.212
- Affected versionversion=6.1.175 <6.1.178
- Affected versionversion=6.12.91 <6.12.97
- Affected versionversion=6.18.33 <6.18.40
- Affected versionversion=6.6.141 <6.6.145
- Affected versionversion=7.0.10 <7.1
- Affected versionversion=7.1
- Affected versionversion=b455903eed4558982be0811f5b7f44f6bbc4ff57 <e0b0163a65758ec3a2361ae1cea407898c27f21e
- Affected versionversion=c20e36b7631d83e7535877f08af8b0af72c44b1a <79feb87ab2396d49b9b65e4bb815d33cc71cba47
- Affected versionversion=c20e36b7631d83e7535877f08af8b0af72c44b1a <9743132a41f4d9d0e54c5f2adcb821b04796bab1
- Affected versionversion=d4ac87567f86a55c3c92e9a5144dcd943a9772a1 <d05e0edfecf5260e6dddd28b2f0cce02bfc6ed7a
- Affected versionversion=defe483e47173768c227532694dc78cb65db5f09 <4b0de5a3ac1fd42acb0dc1f80ac5747e3287d723
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