{"cve":"CVE-2026-72168","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:21:34.890","modified":"2026-10-21T13:19:33.290","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmtd: maps: vmu-flash: fix fault in unaligned fixup\n\nUse kzalloc_obj() / kzalloc_objs() to allocate the memcard structs,\ninstead of kmalloc_obj() / kmalloc_objs() to prevent access to\nuninitialized data.\n\nFixes runtime error: Fault in unaligned fixup: 0000 [#1] at\nmtd_get_fact_prot_info.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01928835d80829e615a492aa66c629b953ec7bef","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19360c25135fccb6bbafbee49a5f66baf9a311af","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc6653c47147ac754fced76b0932b8df1d2d414","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/455519f6b70f46ac6cbf41a75ac76ec5e59040f2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79d1661502c6e4b6f626185cef72cf2fa78116e1"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72168","score":0.00209,"percentile":0.10923,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}