CVE-2026-43293

media: chips-media: wave5: Fix kthread worker destruction in polling mode

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 8, 2026 at 01:11 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:49 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: chips-media: wave5: Fix kthread worker destruction in polling mode Fix the cleanup order in polling mode (irq < 0) to prevent kernel warnings during module removal. Cancel the hrtimer before destroying the kthread worker to ensure work queues are empty. In polling mode, the driver uses hrtimer to periodically trigger wave5_vpu_timer_callback() which queues work via kthread_queue_work(). The kthread_destroy_worker() function validates that both work queues are empty with WARN_ON(!list_empty(&worker->work_list)) and WARN_ON(!list_empty(&worker->delayed_work_list)). The original code called kthread_destroy_worker() before hrtimer_cancel(), creating a race condition where the timer could fire during worker destruction and queue new work, triggering the WARN_ON. This causes the following warning on every module unload in polling mode: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 1034 at kernel/kthread.c:1430 kthread_destroy_worker+0x84/0x98 Modules linked in: wave5(-) rpmsg_ctrl rpmsg_char ... Call trace: kthread_destroy_worker+0x84/0x98 wave5_vpu_remove+0xc8/0xe0 [wave5] platform_remove+0x30/0x58 ... ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.10 ≤ v < 6.12.756.10 ≤ v < 6.18.166.10 ≤ v < 6.19.66.10 ≤ v < 7.06.13 ≤ v < 6.18.166.19 ≤ v < 6.19.66.10ed7276ed2fd02208bfca9f222ef1e7b2743d710d
Vendor states this is fixed in 0c2e752688a0ee3b89993e6de6c496d863870c93 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 156020e889edf4593870d926d3c4a6d06baac44a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5a0c122e834b2f7f029526422c71be922960bf03 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cc8071b1bac6568ea09d54be2d4f74dba80e17f8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.75 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.19.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
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