CVE-2026-89892

media: em28xx: defer audio-only extension registration

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Sep 16, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
Reserved
Sep 11, 2026

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: em28xx: defer audio-only extension registration

The audio-only path registers extensions while probing the primary device. For a dual-TS board, this happens before dev_next is created. The duplicate device inherits is_audio_only and is then independently inserted into em28xx_devlist.

The list is intended to contain only primary devices: extension operations reach the secondary device through dev_next. The independently linked secondary can be freed during disconnect while its list node remains reachable, resulting in a use-after-free.

Defer audio-only extension registration to the module-request work item. It runs only after probing has completed construction of the optional secondary device, so only the primary is registered and extension callbacks reach the secondary through dev_next.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 4a089668ef22c295ed4997289cc48446c849249c to before 0da1e627f4fc9d0e947fdae90913042120878923Affected
  • 4a089668ef22c295ed4997289cc48446c849249c to before f8d7e77d9c621b42a191c67a9b37bec23dc1d555Affected
  • 4a089668ef22c295ed4997289cc48446c849249c to before 1abe9524dec0fd26e9ceb8d586034d6f68dd8273Affected
  • 4a089668ef22c295ed4997289cc48446c849249c to before 4e11c45dfdc72ab656067b1df8fcebaf52fd4715Affected
  • 4a089668ef22c295ed4997289cc48446c849249c to before d06067ee32620f272cfb80c7bc7c572ad4e74724Affected
  • 4a089668ef22c295ed4997289cc48446c849249c to before f9322ac9f862961d7f377b87ec26c8565af7e073Affected
  • 4a089668ef22c295ed4997289cc48446c849249c to before 4666197ca4f7d80cd3b0292054fe45d76be9ba04Affected
  • 4a089668ef22c295ed4997289cc48446c849249c to before 95f76f51937fdfb0fc1e14cae606b1ef574a56f3Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 4.17Affected
  • before 4.17Not affected
  • 5.10.270 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.221 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.188 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.157 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.110 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.51 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.5 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

References

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