Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: staging/ipu7: fix async notifier UAF on probe error path
isys_register_devices() registers the V4L2 async notifier via isys_notifier_init(). If a subsequent probe step such as isys_fw_log_init() fails, isys_probe() jumps to the out_cleanup label which only calls isys_unregister_devices(). That helper tears down the video devices, subdevices, V4L2 device and media device, but never unregisters or cleans up the async notifier.
As a result the notifier stays chained in the global notifier_list while the enclosing struct ipu7_isys is freed by devres, leading to list corruption and a use-after-free the next time the list is walked.
The remove path already does the right thing by calling isys_notifier_cleanup() before isys_unregister_devices(). Mirror that on the probe error path so the notifier is unregistered and cleaned up before the device is torn down.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAffected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= a516d36bdc3d8373f904af57c95e76d6f921cf1c, < 2a8dd9fd12f3f6b21207cec8f50c92cd428e6b81; >= a516d36bdc3d8373f904af57c95e76d6f921cf1c, < 323c411fb63122e8cef5b833032d69d59a838559; >= a516d36bdc3d8373f904af57c95e76d6f921cf1c, < d7f48aa7d60c65d3e6d5312c27f17d5525a245fb |
| Linux | Linux | 6.17 |
References
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 11, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 19, 2026
- NVD status
- Received