Linux kernel MTD core breaks gluebi partitions with wrong device
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
- Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
The Linux kernel MTD core passes a partition instead of the master MTD to the _get_device() callback. This breaks gluebi partitions, because gluebi_get_device() uses container_of() and requires the master MTD.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: core: call _get_device() with the master MTD __get_mtd_device() calls the master's _get_device() callback with mtd, which may be a partition. __put_mtd_device() passes the master. This breaks gluebi partitions because gluebi_get_device() uses container_of() and therefore requires the master MTD. Pass the master to _get_device(), matching _put_device().
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
Update the Linux kernel to 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.56, 7.2.10 or 7.3, or to a kernel that contains the fixing commits. The sources list no fixed version for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 9 and 10, or for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 and 5.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.56, 7.2.10, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-18 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-98833
- 2026-10-18 Alias added: GHSA-p7f7-33cf-6r2w
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@d94731cafa57e2c986ff391122d1494e5a3f3c3f · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-24 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-24 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@522e821e41654eb06d2f21ac78a0f22fb6b198c2, Linux/[email protected] +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/522e821e41654eb06d2f21ac78a0f22fb6b198c2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7e37358408b0690c367cf38aec81a9b7e2475b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d94731cafa57e2c986ff391122d1494e5a3f3c3f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95c8f36293c22d450c371167ad4f9a5bbadc7539
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f971f1c63cf71579258360a12bd185bc1cd1a043
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc482a281a19a7d7e91ad1b2d551bb301c54d0e6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12b31d1acd20b3185bb5f0748db0cf6874c8e9d1
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Sources
- CVE-2026-98833 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-98833 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p7f7-33cf-6r2w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-98833 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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