CVE-2026-72105

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-log: fix a bitset_size overflow on 32bit machines Commit c20e36b7631d ("dm log: fix out-of-bounds write due to region_count overflow") made sure that region_count could fit in an unsigned int. But the bitmap memory isn't allocated based on region_count. It uses bitset_size (a size_t variable). The first step of calculating bitset_size is to set it to region_count, rounded up to a multiple of BITS_PER_LONG. If region_size is less than BITS_PER_LONG smaller than UINT_MAX, it will get rounded up to 2^32. On a 32bit architecture, this will make bitset_size wrap around to 0 and fail, despite region_count being valid. Since bitset_size gets divided by 8, it can hold any valid region_count. It just needs a special case to handle the rollover. If it is 0, the value rolled over, and bitset size should be set to the number of bytes needed to hold 2^32 bits.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedAug 15, 2026
First seenAug 15, 2026

How to fix

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  • Linux Linuxcdc4ddf9db2cb79f4ab86b1a509b7ac21b0b6cf5, 4b0de5a3ac1fd42acb0dc1f80ac5747e3287d723, 567602fa72d57169365cbc589e0b8c3be900636d, d05e0edfecf5260e6dddd28b2f0cce02bfc6ed7a, 1c3412b584e1fb6c665ff33ba7259253bc0082cb, e0b0163a65758ec3a2361ae1cea407898c27f21e, 79feb87ab2396d49b9b65e4bb815d33cc71cba47, 9743132a41f4d9d0e54c5f2adcb821b04796bab1, 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux44ab8875ae4a2842bde2d756bed195d375e0debb ≤ v < cdc4ddf9db2cb79f4ab86b1a509b7ac21b0b6cf5, defe483e47173768c227532694dc78cb65db5f09 ≤ v < 4b0de5a3ac1fd42acb0dc1f80ac5747e3287d723, 3ec74da927b4e171a6fc0e77b1188ba4d019af51 ≤ v < 567602fa72d57169365cbc589e0b8c3be900636d, d4ac87567f86a55c3c92e9a5144dcd943a9772a1 ≤ v < d05e0edfecf5260e6dddd28b2f0cce02bfc6ed7a, 12bd5b88e91a02785244ff1d20fb157e96e9cdc8 ≤ v < 1c3412b584e1fb6c665ff33ba7259253bc0082cb, b455903eed4558982be0811f5b7f44f6bbc4ff57 ≤ v < e0b0163a65758ec3a2361ae1cea407898c27f21e, c20e36b7631d83e7535877f08af8b0af72c44b1a ≤ v < 79feb87ab2396d49b9b65e4bb815d33cc71cba47, c20e36b7631d83e7535877f08af8b0af72c44b1a ≤ v < 9743132a41f4d9d0e54c5f2adcb821b04796bab1, 4ec8323b9f0764a14d532b1ae9b87f8a9fecb867, 5.10.258 ≤ v < 5.10.261, 5.15.209 ≤ v < 5.15.212, 6.1.175 ≤ v < 6.1.178, 6.6.141 ≤ v < 6.6.145, 6.12.91 ≤ v < 6.12.97, 6.18.33 ≤ v < 6.18.40, 7.0.10 ≤ v < 7.1, 7.1cdc4ddf9db2cb79f4ab86b1a509b7ac21b0b6cf5, 4b0de5a3ac1fd42acb0dc1f80ac5747e3287d723, 567602fa72d57169365cbc589e0b8c3be900636d, d05e0edfecf5260e6dddd28b2f0cce02bfc6ed7a, 1c3412b584e1fb6c665ff33ba7259253bc0082cb, e0b0163a65758ec3a2361ae1cea407898c27f21e, 79feb87ab2396d49b9b65e4bb815d33cc71cba47, 9743132a41f4d9d0e54c5f2adcb821b04796bab1, 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1

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CVE-2026-72105 · Linux · Dark Radar