CVE-2026-89874

media: v4l2-async: avoid deleting unlinked ASC entry on link error

N/A
Published: September 16, 2026 at 10:31 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: v4l2-async: avoid deleting unlinked ASC entry on link error v4l2_async_match_notify() creates ancillary media links before adding asc->asc_subdev_entry to sd->asc_list. If ancillary link creation fails, the function jumps to err_call_unbind while asc_subdev_entry has not been linked yet. Async connections are zero-allocated, so the list entry still has NULL next and prev pointers on this path. Calling list_del() on it can therefore dereference NULL instead of returning the original link creation error. Do not delete asc_subdev_entry from err_call_unbind. There is no list insertion to undo on this path; the bound callback and sub-device registration are the operations that need to be rolled back.

Affected

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

28a1295795d85a25f2e7dd391c43969e95fcb3416.6
Vendor states this is fixed in 3345746e0957bce6c53644838e4955710a82a962 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 47d82b605351c0e04f6365e42c8ffe2fcfdba615 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a57d94026cb4fd7b3d258f0db2ad391cbccfaba5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in caac13f518d83974e9884d1eeda3d4cc3bb92978 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d273571e531405426983c6a45ec635c7d0415eed (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.110 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.51 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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