CVE-2026-72098 Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:6.12.0-211.53.1.el10_2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.66% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX10-KERNELDOC-19695810
  • published12 Sept 2026
  • disclosed14 Sept 2026

Introduced: 12 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-72098  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:10 kernel-doc to version 0:6.12.0-211.53.1.el10_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2026:65334.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dm-verity: fix buffer overflow in FEC calculation

There's a buffer overflow in dm-verity-fec:

if (neras && *neras <= v->fec->roots) fio->erasures[(*neras)++] = i;

This allows *neras to reach roots + 1 (the post-increment pushes it past roots). This value is then passed as no_eras to decode_rs8(). Inside the RS decoder (lib/reed_solomon/decode_rs.c:113-121), the erasure locator polynomial loop writes lambda[j] where j can reach nroots + 1 — one element past the end of lambda[] (which is sized nroots + 1, valid indices 0..nroots). The out-of-bounds write lands on syn[0], corrupting the syndrome buffer.

CVSS Base Scores

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