CVE-2026-80597

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80597
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-80597.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-80597
Downstream
Published
2026-08-28T06:48:23.499Z
Modified
2026-08-30T03:48:20.732733151Z
Summary
mtd: maps: vmu-flash: fix NULL pointer dereference in initialization
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/80xxx/CVE-2026-80597.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
47a72688fae7298e1ad5fdc9bff7e04b6a549620
Fixed
ff6453502c722437e37238900c9e45a1fec34455
Fixed
c60a627edbbd66bfbb0a0f564e64084c23c7ce98
Fixed
0db62da830ec57ad3efe24337763c8bf5442c6be
Fixed
44c6abf5d823de796319d6e23c282ed5b68dc41b
Fixed
b80a7b8f1a10e9270160b9d33f1253da2195c827
Fixed
9ac007affa77c3dc3def53760e3d69c350fc9967
Fixed
f4599793240dd60a0a708ef1fe116223f47aa105
Fixed
357e3b8e3a8769ba36eb8ec5e053e4825f1a9329

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-80597.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.6.30
Fixed
5.10.261
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.212
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.178
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.145
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.97
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.40
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.1.5

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-80597.json"