mtd: mtdoops: free page bitmap when the backing MTD is removed
Published Sep 16, 2026
No CVSS score
EPSS 0.21%
Description
mtdoops_notify_add() allocates oops_page_used when the configured MTD device is registered. mtdoops_notify_remove() detaches from that device but leaves the bitmap allocated. If the same MTD device is later registered again, the add path allocates a new bitmap and overwrites the old pointer, leaking one vmalloc allocation per remove/add cycle.
This is only visible when the backing MTD device can disappear and be registered again while mtdoops remains loaded, so the usual static MTD case does not expose it.
Free the bitmap after unregistering the dumper and flushing the pending workers, then clear the pointer and page count before a later attach can allocate fresh state. Clearing the pointer also keeps the module exit path from freeing the same bitmap a second time after a remove event.
Affected products
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Affected
- 2.6.33
Unaffected
- ≥ 0, < 2.6.33
- ≥ 5.10.270, ≤ 5.10.*
- ≥ 5.15.221, ≤ 5.15.*
- ≥ 6.1.188, ≤ 6.1.*
- ≥ 6.12.110, ≤ 6.12.*
- ≥ 6.18.51, ≤ 6.18.*
- ≥ 6.6.157, ≤ 6.6.*
- ≥ 7.2.5, ≤ 7.2.*
- 7.3-rc1
Default status is the baseline for the product. Each version can override it (patched versions can be marked unaffected).
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No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-80553 Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e5cd8bc902331ff801df88cbb299029ae062753
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/477d61d54e097e90f748aa18d013805abd56bcbd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/698944132083d143ef965c0090ee14ba1d9e1a5f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8414f0e9f707226de20b48c7048179fd86d352fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/956e7da12c114f13c63d126ab1d79c3b6a819060
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a91ac71e67c3e01ed9afd9841435bebb930293f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d06f91a52af11630c9f7e487f6daf242ac310cb8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f25c804947e0a28c15e73da8e2e0db959cbed716
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