Reachable Assertion Affecting kernel-kdump-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-KERNELKDUMPDEVEL-19115013
  • published21 Aug 2026
  • disclosed15 Aug 2026

Introduced: 15 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-72173  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 kernel-kdump-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-kdump-devel package and not the kernel-kdump-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

fs/proc/task_mmu: do not warn on seeing non-migration pmd entry

Patch series "mm/hmm: A fix and a selftest", v3.

Patch 1 fixes a stale warning present from the time when only migration softleaf entries were supported at the PMD level.

Patch 2 adds some code into hmm-tests.c which exercises the pagemap path for PMD device-private entries.

This patch (of 2):

pagemap_pmd_range_thp() warns if a non-present PMD is not a migration entry. This became false once device-private entries at the PMD level were added.

Therefore, remove the stale migration-only assertion.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1