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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89169
live-boot ff8867c allows attackers to bypass the dm-verity-enforce-roothash-signature protection mechanism when the .verity file is missing.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
live-boot ff8867c allows attackers to bypass the dm-verity-enforce-roothash-signature protection mechanism when the .verity file is missing.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
live-boot
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:13
live-boot
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:14
live-boot
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org