# CVE-2026-72097: dm-verity: fix a possible NULL pointer dereference

Status: published. Published: 2026-08-15. Updated: 2026-11-06.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dm-verity: fix a possible NULL pointer dereference

Fix a possible NULL pointer dereference dm_verity_loadpin_is_bdev_trusted
if the device has no table.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Linux / Linux: ≥ b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b; < 7d4f1d307ac0f4f55cebeb192a90a235aa060ed1 (affected, git); ≥ b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b; < 1f04b390add2e14c5b36829a0a1529c4eb65a2e1 (affected, git); ≥ b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b; < 32f8231c81bd45ab92d49b646a154551f7d54f4f (affected, git); ≥ b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b; < f15eaa3801f2f9207dff156f1ab3e7436ce52bb1 (affected, git); ≥ b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b; < 81f41d989a32458ff3512f6b05458eaf8926579c (affected, git); ≥ b6c1c5745ccc68ac5d57c7ffb51ea25a86d0e97b; < e72b793ae440f6900fb17a4b8518c707b5cd3e17 (affected, git). Source: CNA: Linux
- Linux / Linux: 6.0 (affected); ≥ 0; < 6.0 (unaffected, semver); ≥ 6.1.178; ≤ 6.1.* (unaffected, semver); ≥ 6.6.145; ≤ 6.6.* (unaffected, semver); ≥ 6.12.97; ≤ 6.12.* (unaffected, semver); ≥ 6.18.40; ≤ 6.18.* (unaffected, semver); ≥ 7.1.5; ≤ 7.1.* (unaffected, semver); ≥ 7.2; ≤ * (unaffected, original_commit_for_fix). Source: CNA: Linux

## Severity and prioritization

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.21% as of 2026-11-06; percentile 11.92%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: Not reported

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d4f1d307ac0f4f55cebeb192a90a235aa060ed1 (CNA: Linux)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f04b390add2e14c5b36829a0a1529c4eb65a2e1 (CNA: Linux)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32f8231c81bd45ab92d49b646a154551f7d54f4f (CNA: Linux)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15eaa3801f2f9207dff156f1ab3e7436ce52bb1 (CNA: Linux)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81f41d989a32458ff3512f6b05458eaf8926579c (CNA: Linux)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e72b793ae440f6900fb17a4b8518c707b5cd3e17 (CNA: Linux)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f04b390add2e14c5b36829a0a1529c4eb65a2e1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32f8231c81bd45ab92d49b646a154551f7d54f4f (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d4f1d307ac0f4f55cebeb192a90a235aa060ed1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81f41d989a32458ff3512f6b05458eaf8926579c (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e72b793ae440f6900fb17a4b8518c707b5cd3e17 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15eaa3801f2f9207dff156f1ab3e7436ce52bb1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

## Provenance

- CNA: Linux: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72097; retrieved 2026-11-06; source updated 2026-11-06

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72097; retrieved 2026-11-06; source updated 2026-11-06

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-72097; retrieved 2026-11-06; source updated Not reported

Revision: 96c4ce5cd509de66360e7e8d1edf652caa3bf752199f6b2e8ca1d4718d65f906

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