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CVE-2026-97513

media: chips-media: wave5: Release m2m_ctx after Instance Removed from List

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 24, 2026 at 04:05 PM UTC
Updated: October 21, 2026 at 01:21 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: chips-media: wave5: Release m2m_ctx after Instance Removed from List Possible use after free if IRQ thread manages to obtain spinlock between m2m_ctx release and wave5_release function removing stream instance from list of active instances. The IRQ thread looks for the m2m_ctx which is freed so null pointer dereference occurs.

Affected

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

Linux Kernel· Linux
90%
6.89707a6254a8a6b978bde811a44fe07d86c229d1c
Vendor states this is fixed in 04cda0b5c4ca3f61cbc86e41ead3c462c8cfd659 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7cdbd7bb21949a8fda10c7104a2b12ee363cbf5c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.114 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.53 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04cda0b5c4ca3f61cbc86e41ead3c462c8cfd659
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cdbd7bb21949a8fda10c7104a2b12ee363cbf5c
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e6bdd437a3c7a5d8846d7f58fe9645a60ec0933

CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusRECEIVED

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