Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm stats: check for and propagate alloc_percpu failure Check alloc_precpu()'s return value and return an error from dm_stats_init() if it fails. Update alloc_dev() to fail if dm_stats_init() does. Otherwise, a NULL pointer dereference will occur in dm_stats_cleanup() even if dm-stats isn't being actively used.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d96bd507ed7e7d565b6d53ebd3874686f123b2e Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2287d7b721471a3d58bcd829250336e3cdf1635e Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/443c9d522397511a4328dc2ec3c9c63c73049756 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a32a9a818a895671bd43e0c40351e60e4e9140b Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b66e36a3efd24041b7374432bfa4dec2ff01e95 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a42180dd361584816bfe15c137b665699b994d90 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c68f08cc745675a17894e1b4a5b5b9700ace6da4 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3aa3e060c4a80827eb801fc448debc9daa7c46b Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 10 · as of 7 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-476
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