CVE-2026-80597

mtd: maps: vmu-flash: fix NULL pointer dereference in initialization

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Aug 28, 2026
Updated: Aug 28, 2026
Reserved: Aug 26, 2026

Description

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

mtd: maps: vmu-flash: fix NULL pointer dereference in initialization

The mtd_info contains a struct device, which must be linked to its parent. Without this, the initialization of the MTD fails with a NULL pointer dereference.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 to before ff6453502c722437e37238900c9e45a1fec34455Affected 47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 to before c60a627edbbd66bfbb0a0f564e64084c23c7ce98Affected 47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 to before 0db62da830ec57ad3efe24337763c8bf5442c6beAffected 47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 to before 44c6abf5d823de796319d6e23c282ed5b68dc41bAffected 47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 to before b80a7b8f1a10e9270160b9d33f1253da2195c827Affected 47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 to before 9ac007affa77c3dc3def53760e3d69c350fc9967Affected 47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 to before f4599793240dd60a0a708ef1fe116223f47aa105Affected 47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 to before 357e3b8e3a8769ba36eb8ec5e053e4825f1a9329Affected
LinuxLinux	2.6.30Affected before 2.6.30Not affected 5.10.261 through 5.10.Not affected 5.15.212 through 5.15.Not affected 6.1.178 through 6.1.Not affected 6.6.145 through 6.6.Not affected 6.12.97 through 6.12.Not affected 6.18.40 through 6.18.Not affected 7.1.5 through 7.1.*Not affected 7.2 and laterNot affected

Product

Versions

LinuxLinux

47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 to before ff6453502c722437e37238900c9e45a1fec34455Affected
47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 to before c60a627edbbd66bfbb0a0f564e64084c23c7ce98Affected
47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 to before 0db62da830ec57ad3efe24337763c8bf5442c6beAffected
47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 to before 44c6abf5d823de796319d6e23c282ed5b68dc41bAffected
47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 to before b80a7b8f1a10e9270160b9d33f1253da2195c827Affected
47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 to before 9ac007affa77c3dc3def53760e3d69c350fc9967Affected
47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 to before f4599793240dd60a0a708ef1fe116223f47aa105Affected
47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620 to before 357e3b8e3a8769ba36eb8ec5e053e4825f1a9329Affected

LinuxLinux

2.6.30Affected
before 2.6.30Not affected
5.10.261 through 5.10.*Not affected
5.15.212 through 5.15.*Not affected
6.1.178 through 6.1.*Not affected
6.6.145 through 6.6.*Not affected
6.12.97 through 6.12.*Not affected
6.18.40 through 6.18.*Not affected
7.1.5 through 7.1.*Not affected
7.2 and laterNot affected

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