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Medium · 4.1 CVE-2026-89169 EUVD-2026-75949GHSA-7rv3-47f7-55fq

live-boot ff8867c allows attackers to bypass the dm-verity-enforce-roothash-signature protection mechanism when the .verity file is missing.

Published Sep 11, 2026 · Updated Sep 11, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

Description

live-boot ff8867c allows attackers to bypass the dm-verity-enforce-roothash-signature protection mechanism when the .verity file is missing.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Debian live-boot — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 live-boot No fix yet —
Debian 13 live-boot No fix yet —
Debian 12 live-boot No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 live-boot No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS live-boot No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS live-boot No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS live-boot No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS live-boot No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS live-boot No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS live-boot No fix yet —

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