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GHSA-RH82-4RXH-756X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-17 06:33

Details

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

mtd: slram: remove failed entries from the device list

register_device() links a new slram_mtdlist entry before allocating all of the state needed by the entry. If a later allocation, memremap(), or mtd_device_register() fails, the partially initialized entry remains on the global list. A later cleanup can then dereference or free invalid state from that failed entry.

Unwind the partially initialized entry and clear the list tail on each failure path after the entry has been linked.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-72171 (GCVE-0-2026-72171)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:53 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:41

Title

mtd: slram: remove failed entries from the device list

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: slram: remove failed entries from the device list register_device() links a new slram_mtdlist entry before allocating all of the state needed by the entry. If a later allocation, memremap(), or mtd_device_register() fails, the partially initialized entry remains on the global list. A later cleanup can then dereference or free invalid state from that failed entry. Unwind the partially initialized entry and clear the list tail on each failure path after the entry has been linked.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ee674ab10f755bbe…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e97415b8254d9cc13…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f40acf577bb0fb082…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/200b8bc5b6065b02f…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fd0cbbb34447ccdd…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8dcbbfa0d695a524…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdcdfc24646597890…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36f1648644d769c49…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 9ee674ab10f755bbedbcbb8e76745d2bb8de88d1 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < e97415b8254d9cc131b7bb1c80fcf38123269b9a (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < f40acf577bb0fb0829f285ecfeb27d817840601c (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 200b8bc5b6065b02f3775cf131f14b8e1156a00a (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 2fd0cbbb34447ccddab67a2a638a07c6d94cae7a (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < d8dcbbfa0d695a5244059aa34a2e81f3e8df1082 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < bdcdfc2464659789032edfad15ff5f7a166f5d7b (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 36f1648644d769c496a8e47e53603e863e358d73 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 2.6.12 Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.12 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.261 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.212 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.178 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.145 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.97 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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