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  "id": "RPI-CVE-2026-72168",
  "modified": "2026-10-07T17:22:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-72168"
  ],
  "published": "2026-08-15T06:04:33Z",
  "summary": "mtd: maps: vmu-flash: fix fault in unaligned fixup",
  "details": "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.",
  "affected": [
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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:12",
        "name": "linux"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
      ],
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      "database_specific": {
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            "linux_commit": "655fc658a15ae7a6f37103754adb39ba52a9a14e",
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            "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)",
            "upstream_fixed": null,
            "compiled_filter": false
          }
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  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72168"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01928835d80829e615a492aa66c629b953ec7bef"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19360c25135fccb6bbafbee49a5f66baf9a311af"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/455519f6b70f46ac6cbf41a75ac76ec5e59040f2"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79d1661502c6e4b6f626185cef72cf2fa78116e1"
    }
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  "database_specific": {
    "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git",
    "upstream_modified": "2026-09-02T13:01:47Z"
  }
}