CVE-2026-98931
kernel: mtd: spinand: fix NULL pointer dereference with no ECC engine
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 23, 2026
Updated · October 30, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Memory Technology Device (MTD) SPI-NAND driver. When probing a flash memory device configured without an Error Correction Code (ECC) engine, the driver attempts to access an uninitialized pointer. A local user could exploit this flaw to crash the system, resulting in a denial of service (DoS).
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference