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GHSA-V988-556M-VGQV

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: rawnand: fix condition in 'nand_select_target()'

'cs' here must be in range [0:nanddev_ntargets[.

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-2026-72165 (GCVE-0-2026-72165)

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

Title

mtd: rawnand: fix condition in 'nand_select_target()'

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: rawnand: fix condition in 'nand_select_target()' 'cs' here must be in range [0:nanddev_ntargets[.

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/483a8a8581ee1274e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2a131fb6882c98aa…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6df4fea1dc86c058…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3da4eb15c7b421c2d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbc7c8a1167b2eb56…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bbfcf9c7e46cae58…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f575fc17360827ca…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8507c2cc9e4fa4024…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 32813e288414fecce18f37f8f0d0414a64b45c56 , < 483a8a8581ee1274ec70e2561492096d4a7305e6 (git) Affected: 32813e288414fecce18f37f8f0d0414a64b45c56 , < c2a131fb6882c98aada739479cc96df8748d0c24 (git) Affected: 32813e288414fecce18f37f8f0d0414a64b45c56 , < e6df4fea1dc86c058e1918136c9b9d8e80c4be1b (git) Affected: 32813e288414fecce18f37f8f0d0414a64b45c56 , < 3da4eb15c7b421c2d97c402bb7bd607c44822995 (git) Affected: 32813e288414fecce18f37f8f0d0414a64b45c56 , < fbc7c8a1167b2eb56b2fd8598c29a3d5e9f8676e (git) Affected: 32813e288414fecce18f37f8f0d0414a64b45c56 , < 4bbfcf9c7e46cae58257150bf834853559382e28 (git) Affected: 32813e288414fecce18f37f8f0d0414a64b45c56 , < 8f575fc17360827ca1d1940a84f3c7ee40407a10 (git) Affected: 32813e288414fecce18f37f8f0d0414a64b45c56 , < 8507c2cc9e4fa402401819f44d1e8a5ef4d11d8b (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.2 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.2 (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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CVE-2026-72165 (GCVE-0-2026-72165)

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