# CVE-2026-98931: mtd: spinand: fix NULL pointer dereference with no ECC engine

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-108903
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.56, 7.2.10
- Published: 2026-10-23 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.18
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.18.0, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.113; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.56; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: spinand: fix NULL pointer dereference with no ECC engine When "nand-no-ecc-engine" is set in DT, nanddev_get_ecc_engine() takes the NAND_ECC_ENGINE_TYPE_NONE path and returns success while leaving nand->ecc.engine NULL. The SPI-NAND code nevertheless dereferences it unconditionally to test for a pipelined engine, so probing such a device oopses immediately. Rather than open-coding the test three times, add a nand_ecc_is_pipelined() helper to the NAND core that folds the NULL check into the integration comparison, and use it everywhere. Future callers then cannot reintroduce the problem.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.56, 7.2.10) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- 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

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