CVE-2026-89887

media: i2c: ov7740: fix use-after-destroy in remove

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
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
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c: ov7740: fix use-after-destroy in remove The ov7740_remove() function had a severe teardown order bug where it destroyed the driver's mutex before freeing the V4L2 control handler which relies on that mutex, leading to a use-after-destroy kernel panic. Furthermore, the driver explicitly called v4l2_ctrl_handler_free() and mutex_destroy() sequentially, but then called ov7740_free_controls() which invokes both of them a second time, resulting in a double-free. This patch fixes the issue by unregistering the subdevice first, and relying exclusively on ov7740_free_controls() to safely tear down the mutex and control handler in the correct order.

Affected

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

39c5c4471b8d793daf868bd004e56ed420e897074.16
Vendor states this is fixed in 09453b467990e8ef8fe09f45a685f9a625248d33 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 25e2505866c577db2661e4d431f0907c6ec9a3b4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5d1b3dea5a44124bab6c14a2d71b977dabed54e7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7512838a19af0a284a58435292243fad21e57ff1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 81e9765878d3ac8ad18e3a683332b5d6bc3a0e33 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8a02ee6c1c4e88f3a0442bd60d3c77db9a30db5e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9e4693436c7dcf8584002500ce4b434b79bbf9ed (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in af81f35e4f429e769b784754e1aa4d7a922470ac (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.270 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.221 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
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 6.6.157 (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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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
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