{"id":"CVE-2026-72168","title":"mtd: maps: vmu-flash: fix fault in unaligned fixup","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmtd: maps: vmu-flash: fix fault in unaligned fixup\n\nUse kzalloc_obj() / kzalloc_objs() to allocate the memcard structs,\ninstead of kmalloc_obj() / kmalloc_objs() to pre…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 < 1dc6653c47147ac754fced76b0932b8df1d2d414","Linux >= 47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 < 01928835d80829e615a492aa66c629b953ec7bef","Linux >= 47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 < 19360c25135fccb6bbafbee49a5f66baf9a311af","Linux >= 47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 < 455519f6b70f46ac6cbf41a75ac76ec5e59040f2","Linux >= 47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 < 79d1661502c6e4b6f626185cef72cf2fa78116e1","Linux 2.6.30"],"published":"2026-08-15","updated":"2026-10-21","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-21T12:44:25.184Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72168","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc6653c47147ac754fced76b0932b8df1d2d414"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01928835d80829e615a492aa66c629b953ec7bef"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19360c25135fccb6bbafbee49a5f66baf9a311af"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/455519f6b70f46ac6cbf41a75ac76ec5e59040f2"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79d1661502c6e4b6f626185cef72cf2fa78116e1"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00209,"epssPercentile":0.10429,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-21T12:48:53.594Z","slug":"CVE-2026-72168","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmtd: maps: vmu-flash: fix fault in unaligned fixup\n\nUse kzalloc_obj() / kzalloc_objs() to allocate the memcard structs,\ninstead of kmalloc_obj() / kmalloc_objs() to prevent access to\nuninitialized data.\n\nFixes runtime error: Fault in unaligned fixup: 0000 [#1] at\nmtd_get_fact_prot_info.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Linux >= 47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 < 1dc6653c47147ac754fced76b0932b8df1d2d414`\n- `Linux >= 47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 < 01928835d80829e615a492aa66c629b953ec7bef`\n- `Linux >= 47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 < 19360c25135fccb6bbafbee49a5f66baf9a311af`\n- `Linux >= 47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 < 455519f6b70f46ac6cbf41a75ac76ec5e59040f2`\n- `Linux >= 47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 < 79d1661502c6e4b6f626185cef72cf2fa78116e1`\n- `Linux 2.6.30`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}