CVE-2026-80597 json
mtd: maps: vmu-flash: fix NULL pointer dereference in initialization
published 2026-08-28 2 mo ago modified 2026-08-28 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-67473
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mtd: maps: vmu-flash: fix NULL pointer dereference in initialization
The mtd_info contains a struct device, which must be linked to its parent. Without this, the initialization of the MTD fails with a NULL pointer dereference.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
- linux Debian 12 6.1.180-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.100-1
- linux Debian 14 7.1.5-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80597
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-198.208
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-147.147
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-38.38
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1117.124
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1067.70
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1014.14
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1118.128
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1071.79
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80597
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel-source Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1.159998.21.42
- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:24550-1SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff6453502c722437e37238900c9e45a1fec34455 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c60a627edbbd66bfbb0a0f564e64084c23c7ce98 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0db62da830ec57ad3efe24337763c8bf5442c6be commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/44c6abf5d823de796319d6e23c282ed5b68dc41b commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b80a7b8f1a10e9270160b9d33f1253da2195c827 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ac007affa77c3dc3def53760e3d69c350fc9967 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4599793240dd60a0a708ef1fe116223f47aa105 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/357e3b8e3a8769ba36eb8ec5e053e4825f1a9329 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-80597 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: mtd: maps: vmu-flash: fix NULL pointer dereference in initialization
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/ff6453502c722437e37238900c9e45a1fec34455
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/c60a627edbbd66bfbb0a0f564e64084c23c7ce98
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/0db62da830ec57ad3efe24337763c8bf5442c6be
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/44c6abf5d823de796319d6e23c282ed5b68dc41b
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/b80a7b8f1a10e9270160b9d33f1253da2195c827
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/9ac007affa77c3dc3def53760e3d69c350fc9967
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/f4599793240dd60a0a708ef1fe116223f47aa105
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/357e3b8e3a8769ba36eb8ec5e053e4825f1a9329
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-80597
- NVD CVE-2026-80597
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