CVE-2026-72099: Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-integrity: don't increment hash_offset twice hash_offset is already incremented in the loop "for (i = 0; i < to_copy; i++, ts--)". Do not increment it again.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 5.7, before 5.10.266 (fixed in 5.10.266); from 5.11, before 5.15.217 (fixed in 5.15.217); from 5.16, before 6.1.184 (fixed in 6.1.184); from 6.2, before 6.6.145 (fixed in 6.6.145); from 6.7, before 6.12.97 (fixed in 6.12.97); from 6.13, before 6.18.40 (fixed in 6.18.40); …

Published 2026-08-15. Last modified 2026-08-23.