Vulnerability in Linux

[ Description ]Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: block2mtd: Fix divide error when erase_size is zero The erase size is parsed from the "block2mtd" module parameter and can be set to zero. add_device() then evaluates if (size % erase_size) with a zero divisor, which triggers a divide error: divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI RIP: 0010:add_device drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c:296 [inline] RIP: 0010:block2mtd_setup2+0x592/0xda0 drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c:459 Call Trace: block2mtd_setup+0x27/0xe0 drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c:476 param_attr_store+0x214/0x310 kernel/params.c:589 module_attr_store+0x65/0x90 kernel/params.c:904 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3a4/0x540 fs/kernfs/file.c:345 ... Reject a zero erase size before performing the modulo operation so the existing "erasesize must be a divisor of device size" error path reports the invalid argument and frees the device.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• BSI CERT-Bund18 Oct 2026WID-SEC-2026-4019

  Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German

  CVE-2026-98866CVE-2026-98624CVE-2026-98745+326 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• git.kernel.org/stable/c/21d0f05989bf0d5cef57b467a7fa4feefbd7236a
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/826170a49ca1315af6b293a02200585b1e2186d9
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/a991c28066e7ba4da7450bb04478849f7ac6a14a
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5965c4221165045e19736794ca5f48ae3d67142
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/bff83b723e93acc788bd690dc4bc1f6f4356c35b