Re: CVE-2023-52496: mtd: maps: vmu-flash: Fix the (mtd core) switch to ref counters

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Fri Mar 08 2024 - 05:09:11 EST


On Thu 29-02-24 15:52:56, Lee Jones wrote:
> Description
> ===========
>
> In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
>
> mtd: maps: vmu-flash: Fix the (mtd core) switch to ref counters
>
> While switching to ref counters for track mtd devices use, the vmu-flash
> driver was forgotten. The reason for reading the ref counter seems
> debatable, but let's just fix the build for now.

Do we really consider build fixes as CVE?
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs