# CVE-2026-72101: dm-integrity: fix leaking uninitialized kernel memory

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-15 · Updated: 2026-08-17

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-integrity: fix leaking uninitialized kernel memory If hash size is less than device's tuple size, dm-integrity is supposed to zero the remaining space. There was a bug in the code that zeroing didn't work. This commit fixes it.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50af3e51dc709384701dbc721b4bd865285c5f2c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c4e9bb1d4101030f55c869f18bd3ece39a77bbb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f0af8493009a61b4313e0a8c6e03fbc36fd43f9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bb03b2b01b814a9fc14afbfc2cbb2cca5b34750

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