# mtd: spinand: fix NULL pointer dereference with no ECC engine

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98931`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98931`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 23 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 23 Oct 2026, 12:11 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: `f9d7c7265bcff7d9a17425a8cddf702e8fe159c2 to before ab781c7840bb8a210156e25eb0c027d6097fb74d` (git)
  - affected: `f9d7c7265bcff7d9a17425a8cddf702e8fe159c2 to before 77c449c9c946fc420008dc55cd30f53749c915e4` (git)
  - affected: `f9d7c7265bcff7d9a17425a8cddf702e8fe159c2 to before 3c765fd5212c1bbc71568b1518a7ec963a7040b4` (git)
  - affected: `f9d7c7265bcff7d9a17425a8cddf702e8fe159c2 to before 80e8b0ea73ba295e92dfb6cf1c41df9da64234c6` (git)
  - affected: `f9d7c7265bcff7d9a17425a8cddf702e8fe159c2 to before fc2f651f520394893b14b75281a01e502bfa73bb` (git)
  - affected: `f9d7c7265bcff7d9a17425a8cddf702e8fe159c2 to before b890e6163761ddb580cc74f43e15f8bbde15647e` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.18`
  - unaffected: `before 5.18` (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 6 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 23 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98931](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98931)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98931](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98931)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab781c7840bb8a210156e25eb0c027d6097fb74d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77c449c9c946fc420008dc55cd30f53749c915e4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c765fd5212c1bbc71568b1518a7ec963a7040b4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80e8b0ea73ba295e92dfb6cf1c41df9da64234c6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc2f651f520394893b14b75281a01e502bfa73bb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b890e6163761ddb580cc74f43e15f8bbde15647e>

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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