---
id: CVE-2026-72102
title: 'dm_early_create: fix freeing used table on dm_resume failure'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  dm_early_create: fix freeing used table on dm_resume failure

  If dm_resume fails, the kernel attempts to free table with
  dm_table_destroy, but the table was already ins…
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e <
    3ba377a47a093cc19647ca7f102acd33a211d472
  - >-
    Linux >= 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e <
    72c3283a2abd60ecef295e02270f22ef1dfccd25
  - >-
    Linux >= 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e <
    d6066145347e14db84c35b445e309f095d0d8125
  - >-
    Linux >= 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e <
    259ce9e3fc3a3f8c4e393a2072b8f34302eb4d5a
  - >-
    Linux >= 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e <
    5f6500d44a912d4aed664600966706d76b81d9af
  - >-
    Linux >= 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e <
    92e3c93d60be1f2425738cd66dbadac7d6bc0cd1
  - >-
    Linux >= 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e <
    7d8ed7cb844df21e4d93af11250fb3a5cb861147
  - >-
    Linux >= 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e <
    366665416f20527ff7cad548a32d1ddf23195740
  - Linux 5.1
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-10-16T15:52:02.070823Z'
published: '2026-08-15'
updated: '2026-10-16'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-16T15:53:21.154Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72102'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ba377a47a093cc19647ca7f102acd33a211d472'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72c3283a2abd60ecef295e02270f22ef1dfccd25'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6066145347e14db84c35b445e309f095d0d8125'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/259ce9e3fc3a3f8c4e393a2072b8f34302eb4d5a'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f6500d44a912d4aed664600966706d76b81d9af'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92e3c93d60be1f2425738cd66dbadac7d6bc0cd1'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d8ed7cb844df21e4d93af11250fb3a5cb861147'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/366665416f20527ff7cad548a32d1ddf23195740'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00169
epssPercentile: 0.05786
ingestedAt: '2026-10-16T17:24:46.879Z'
---

## Overview

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

dm_early_create: fix freeing used table on dm_resume failure

If dm_resume fails, the kernel attempts to free table with
dm_table_destroy, but the table was already instantiated with
dm_swap_table. This commit skips the call to dm_table_destroy in this
case.

## Affected

- `Linux >= 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e < 3ba377a47a093cc19647ca7f102acd33a211d472`
- `Linux >= 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e < 72c3283a2abd60ecef295e02270f22ef1dfccd25`
- `Linux >= 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e < d6066145347e14db84c35b445e309f095d0d8125`
- `Linux >= 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e < 259ce9e3fc3a3f8c4e393a2072b8f34302eb4d5a`
- `Linux >= 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e < 5f6500d44a912d4aed664600966706d76b81d9af`
- `Linux >= 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e < 92e3c93d60be1f2425738cd66dbadac7d6bc0cd1`
- `Linux >= 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e < 7d8ed7cb844df21e4d93af11250fb3a5cb861147`
- `Linux >= 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e < 366665416f20527ff7cad548a32d1ddf23195740`
- `Linux 5.1`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.