{"id":"AZL-108917","summary":"CVE-2026-98722 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmtd: block2mtd: Fix divide error when erase_size is zero\n\nThe erase size is parsed from the \"block2mtd\" module parameter and can\nbe set to zero. add_device() then evaluates\n\n        if (size % erase_size)\n\nwith a zero divisor, which triggers a divide error:\n\ndivide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI\nRIP: 0010:add_device drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c:296 [inline]\nRIP: 0010:block2mtd_setup2+0x592/0xda0 drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c:459\nCall Trace:\nblock2mtd_setup+0x27/0xe0 drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c:476\nparam_attr_store+0x214/0x310 kernel/params.c:589\nmodule_attr_store+0x65/0x90 kernel/params.c:904\nkernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3a4/0x540 fs/kernfs/file.c:345\n...\n\nReject a zero erase size before performing the modulo operation so the\nexisting \"erasesize must be a divisor of device size\" error path\nreports the invalid argument and frees the device.","modified":"2026-10-19T14:16:49.729090528Z","published":"2026-10-18T16:17:25Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-98722"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98722"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"6.6.157.1-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-108917.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}