mtd: mtdswap: Avoid freeing registered blktrans device twice
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: mtdswap: Avoid freeing registered blktrans device twice In mtdswap_add_mtd(), debugfs setup failure after successful blktrans registration can free mbd_dev twice. add_mtd_blktrans_dev() initializes the blktrans device reference and publishes the disk. Once that succeeds, del_mtd_blktrans_dev() tears the disk down and drops the blktrans reference; when that reference reaches zero, blktrans_dev_release() frees the mtd_blktrans_dev. The debugfs failure path called del_mtd_blktrans_dev(mbd_dev), then fell through the common cleanup label and called kfree(mbd_dev) again. Clear the local pointer after deregistration so the common cleanup can still release the mtdswap state without freeing the blktrans object twice. This issue was found by a static analysis checker and confirmed by manual source review.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93049
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vm56-mgvf-744c
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-20 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecadb9137aeaa0615183f8d23eabea2b45c862f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eec130fc9ffbbd08a5d5432683122b79aca2a726
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5086911d532b82ca070d944aa08ddde00baefe4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ce48c6ddea1a8e675a2eb0221b62a9950788f3c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a82d93fcfdfd26af17049c34319dfdd079cd1901
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c349c533e72af2313c3be0f80a24d7407fa4777
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37be7bc2c2d09c18e939da20224405864a0090b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/779aa4c66a96bf43d2d62982ea1a9096a9128d87
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Sources
- CVE-2026-93049 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93049 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vm56-mgvf-744c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-93049 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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