Medium [CVE-2026-68424] Linux kernel: Memory corruption in mtd_virt_concat due to use-after-free
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-68424.
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: virt_concat: fix use-after-free in mtd_virt_concat_destroy_joins() mtd_concat_destroy() frees item->concat so calling mtd_virt_concat_put_mtd_devices(item->concat) leads to a use after free. A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's `mtd_virt_concat` module.
This use-after-free vulnerability occurs when the `mtd_concat_destroy()` function frees memory before it is no longer referenced by `mtd_virt_concat_put_mtd_devices()`. An attacker could potentially exploit this flaw to cause memory corruption, which may lead to a denial of service or other impacts on system stability.
Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 4.1 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). Weakness: CWE-825.
Red Hat lists Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 as not affected.
Affected versions
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Mitigation
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