CVE-2026-72168 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: maps: vmu-flash: fix fault in unaligned fixup Use kzalloc_obj() / kzalloc_objs() to allocate the memcard structs, instead of kmalloc_obj() / kmalloc_objs() to prevent access to uninitialized data. Fixes runtime error: Fault in unaligned fixup: 0000 [#1] at mtd_get_fact_prot_info.

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Linux	Linux Kernel

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01928835d80829e615a492aa66c629b953ec7bef
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19360c25135fccb6bbafbee49a5f66baf9a311af
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/455519f6b70f46ac6cbf41a75ac76ec5e59040f2
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79d1661502c6e4b6f626185cef72cf2fa78116e1

History

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: maps: vmu-flash: fix fault in unaligned fixup Use kzalloc_obj() / kzalloc_objs() to allocate the memcard structs, instead of kmalloc_obj() / kmalloc_objs() to prevent access to uninitialized data. Fixes runtime error: Fault in unaligned fixup: 0000 [#1] at mtd_get_fact_prot_info.
Title		mtd: maps: vmu-flash: fix fault in unaligned fixup
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01928835d80829e615a492aa66c629b953ec7bef https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19360c25135fccb6bbafbee49a5f66baf9a311af https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/455519f6b70f46ac6cbf41a75ac76ec5e59040f2 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79d1661502c6e4b6f626185cef72cf2fa78116e1

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-08-15T05:53:34.868Z

Updated: 2026-08-15T05:53:34.868Z

Reserved: 2026-08-09T03:40:39.910Z

Link: CVE-2026-72168

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-15T06:21:34.890

Modified: 2026-08-15T06:21:34.890

Link: CVE-2026-72168

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