---
id: CVE-2026-72096
title: 'dm-verity: make error counter atomic'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  dm-verity: make error counter atomic

  The error counter "v->corrupted_errs" was not atomic, thus it could be
  subject to race conditions. The call to
  dm_audit_log_target…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 <
    b8eddcb1bf72199451950aff9087bd76da80635d
  - >-
    Linux >= 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 <
    aab5cb8a40e82bd33d0f3ae3c73041848b18bfd2
  - >-
    Linux >= 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 <
    a7df22c4e0e9110f0be577919d3cb9389b2aba65
  - >-
    Linux >= 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 <
    ac99781115d37d10894653b47941d9d8fc26fa64
  - >-
    Linux >= 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 <
    3303e5c6501e3638ded8e9402d703805b00ce64e
  - >-
    Linux >= 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 <
    089e05b644d5aa786c21af467c80b24d691becb1
  - >-
    Linux >= 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 <
    752e214b2c6f15b40b0d873a2ce27733ce0884c6
  - >-
    Linux >= 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 <
    8ec4d9c5a5cf4b61fc087f871465b1f79b393325
  - Linux 4.1
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-11-06T16:51:33.818500Z'
published: '2026-08-15'
updated: '2026-11-06'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-06T16:55:20.186Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72096'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8eddcb1bf72199451950aff9087bd76da80635d'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aab5cb8a40e82bd33d0f3ae3c73041848b18bfd2'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7df22c4e0e9110f0be577919d3cb9389b2aba65'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac99781115d37d10894653b47941d9d8fc26fa64'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3303e5c6501e3638ded8e9402d703805b00ce64e'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/089e05b644d5aa786c21af467c80b24d691becb1'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/752e214b2c6f15b40b0d873a2ce27733ce0884c6'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ec4d9c5a5cf4b61fc087f871465b1f79b393325'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00216
epssPercentile: 0.12132
ingestedAt: '2026-11-06T18:00:12.595Z'
---

## Overview

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

dm-verity: make error counter atomic

The error counter "v->corrupted_errs" was not atomic, thus it could be
subject to race conditions. The call to
dm_audit_log_target("max-corrupted-errors") may be skipped due to the
races.

## Affected

- `Linux >= 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 < b8eddcb1bf72199451950aff9087bd76da80635d`
- `Linux >= 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 < aab5cb8a40e82bd33d0f3ae3c73041848b18bfd2`
- `Linux >= 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 < a7df22c4e0e9110f0be577919d3cb9389b2aba65`
- `Linux >= 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 < ac99781115d37d10894653b47941d9d8fc26fa64`
- `Linux >= 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 < 3303e5c6501e3638ded8e9402d703805b00ce64e`
- `Linux >= 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 < 089e05b644d5aa786c21af467c80b24d691becb1`
- `Linux >= 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 < 752e214b2c6f15b40b0d873a2ce27733ce0884c6`
- `Linux >= 65ff5b7ddf0541f2b6e5cc59c47bfbf6cbcd91b8 < 8ec4d9c5a5cf4b61fc087f871465b1f79b393325`
- `Linux 4.1`

## Remediation

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