Vulnerability · Published Oct 18, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-98833mtd: core: call _get_device() with the master MTD

Unrated

In plain English

A security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS )–Not rated
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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().

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linuxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-98833
Debian:13linux6.12.113-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98833
Debian:14linux7.2.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98833
Debian:12linux-6.126.12.113-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bosno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-vmwareno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98833

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 46b5889cc2c54bac7d7e727a44d28a298df23cef – before 522e821e41654eb06d2f21ac78a0f22fb6b198c246b5889cc2c54bac7d7e727a44d28a298df23cef – before e7e37358408b0690c367cf38aec81a9b7e2475b546b5889cc2c54bac7d7e727a44d28a298df23cef – before d94731cafa57e2c986ff391122d1494e5a3f3c3f46b5889cc2c54bac7d7e727a44d28a298df23cef – before 95c8f36293c22d450c371167ad4f9a5bbadc753946b5889cc2c54bac7d7e727a44d28a298df23cef – before f971f1c63cf71579258360a12bd185bc1cd1a04346b5889cc2c54bac7d7e727a44d28a298df23cef – before dc482a281a19a7d7e91ad1b2d551bb301c54d0e646b5889cc2c54bac7d7e727a44d28a298df23cef – before 12b31d1acd20b3185bb5f0748db0cf6874c8e9d1
Linux Linux 5.7

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