Linux Linux Kernel Use-After-Free Rated 7.8 CVSS

Status: UPDATED  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-31583

Key Details

Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors

What to Know

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

media: em28xx: fix use-after-free in em28xx_v4l2_open()

em28xx_v4l2_open() reads dev->v4l2 without holding dev->lock,

creating a race with em28xx_v4l2_init()'s error path and

em28xx_v4l2_fini(), both of which free the em28xx_v4l2 struct

and set dev->v4l2 to NULL under dev->lock.

This race leads to two issues:

- use-after-free in v4l2_fh_init() when accessing vdev->ctrl_handler,

since the video_device is embedded in the freed em28xx_v4l2 struct.

- NULL pointer dereference in em28xx_resolution_set() when accessing

v4l2->norm, since dev->v4l2 has been set to NULL.

Fix this by moving the mutex_lock() before the dev->v4l2 read and

adding a NULL check for dev->v4l2 under the lock. (NVD)

What to Do

Monitor Linux's and Siemens's web pages for any future patch releases.

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