# mtd: core: call \_get_device() with the master MTD

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98833`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98833`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 18 Oct 2026, 15:49 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `46b5889cc2c54bac7d7e727a44d28a298df23cef to before 522e821e41654eb06d2f21ac78a0f22fb6b198c2` (git)
  - affected: `46b5889cc2c54bac7d7e727a44d28a298df23cef to before e7e37358408b0690c367cf38aec81a9b7e2475b5` (git)
  - affected: `46b5889cc2c54bac7d7e727a44d28a298df23cef to before d94731cafa57e2c986ff391122d1494e5a3f3c3f` (git)
  - affected: `46b5889cc2c54bac7d7e727a44d28a298df23cef to before 95c8f36293c22d450c371167ad4f9a5bbadc7539` (git)
  - affected: `46b5889cc2c54bac7d7e727a44d28a298df23cef to before f971f1c63cf71579258360a12bd185bc1cd1a043` (git)
  - affected: `46b5889cc2c54bac7d7e727a44d28a298df23cef to before dc482a281a19a7d7e91ad1b2d551bb301c54d0e6` (git)
  - affected: `46b5889cc2c54bac7d7e727a44d28a298df23cef to before 12b31d1acd20b3185bb5f0748db0cf6874c8e9d1` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.7`
  - unaffected: `before 5.7` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.224 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.113 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.56 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.10 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 7 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 18 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98833](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98833)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98833](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98833)

### References from the CNA

- <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>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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