Answer in brief
CVE-2026-93048 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in mtd: part: reject MTDPART_OFS_RETAIN in mtd_add_partition(). The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
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Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=1a31368bf92ef2a7da3ba379672c405bd2751df9 <701c3ae7273e1adc20db5d97c42e0139b479f16b || >=1a31368bf92ef2a7da3ba379672c405bd2751df9 <6aaab2ace3f7b55733d904e5549acf8405f03642 || >=1a31368bf92ef2a7da3ba379672c405bd2751df9 <181c1bff940e7d3e34ca485d37e3cdbfe409203c || >=1a31368bf92ef2a7da3ba379672c405bd2751df9 <a536eb57be58442b19398b2783071007ecfb1735 || >=1a31368bf92ef2a7da3ba379672c405bd2751df9 <e204e5c49a012f99638633fdbd773e3c86260053 || >=1a31368bf92ef2a7da3ba379672c405bd2751df9 <398aca2f90122d5abbabff1079deaeb885fe9e40 || >=1a31368bf92ef2a7da3ba379672c405bd2751df9 <c645f6dd1af2ecc70fd3578e141f2f71fa9e4eff || >=1a31368bf92ef2a7da3ba379672c405bd2751df9 <b759d5bb6265419344ee9729fd0dc07ad85719d8 | 701c3ae7273e1adc20db5d97c42e0139b479f16b, 6aaab2ace3f7b55733d904e5549acf8405f03642, 181c1bff940e7d3e34ca485d37e3cdbfe409203c, a536eb57be58442b19398b2783071007ecfb1735, e204e5c49a012f99638633fdbd773e3c86260053, 398aca2f90122d5abbabff1079deaeb885fe9e40, c645f6dd1af2ecc70fd3578e141f2f71fa9e4eff, b759d5bb6265419344ee9729fd0dc07ad85719d8 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 3.2 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Sep 17, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 17, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 17, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: part: reject MTDPART_OFS_RETAIN in mtd_add_partition() mtd_add_partition() does not reject the special offset value MTDPART_OFS_RETAIN (-3), which leads to a WARN_ON in add_mtd_device() when called through the BLKPG ioctl on NAND devices. The RETAIN value depends on cur_offset being the end of the previous partition, but in the dynamic partition path cur_offset equals the offset argument itself, causing undefined behavior. Commit 5daa7b21496a ("mtd: prepare partition add and del functions for ioctl requests") introduced mtd_add_partition() and correctly rejected MTDPART_OFS_APPEND (-1) and MTDPART_OFS_NXTBLK (-2), since those special offsets rely on cur_offset tracking the previous partition's end. However, commit 1a31368bf92e ("mtd: add a flags for partitions which should just leave smth. after them") later added MTDPART_OFS_RETAIN (-3) for the static partition table path without updating mtd_add_partition() to also reject this value. With offset=-3 passed via BLKPG, the RETAIN size calculation in allocate_partition() underflows (parent_size - 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFD = parent_size + 3). If the underflow result does not appear to leave enough space, allocate_partition() jumps to out_register via goto, skipping erasesize initialization. This results in erasesize=0, which triggers: WARN_ON((!mtd->erasesize || !master->_erase) && !(mtd->flags & MTD_NO_ERASE)) in add_mtd_device(). If the underflow result appears to leave enough space, a bogus partition size is calculated, but the "out of reach" sanity check catches the invalid offset and creates a disabled empty partition (offset=0, size=0) instead of returning an error. Fix this by adding MTDPART_OFS_RETAIN to the rejection list in mtd_add_partition(), consistent with the existing handling of APPEND and NXTBLK.
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