CVE-2026-89522

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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.

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

7.8 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-11 20:19:34.890000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:17:46.647000

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  "id": "CVE-2026-89522",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-11T20:19:34.890",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:17:46.647",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: staging/ipu7: fix async notifier UAF on probe error path\n\nisys_register_devices() registers the V4L2 async notifier via\nisys_notifier_init(). If a subsequent probe step such as\nisys_fw_log_init() fails, isys_probe() jumps to the out_cleanup label\nwhich only calls isys_unregister_devices(). That helper tears down the\nvideo devices, subdevices, V4L2 device and media device, but never\nunregisters or cleans up the async notifier.\n\nAs a result the notifier stays chained in the global notifier_list while\nthe enclosing struct ipu7_isys is freed by devres, leading to list\ncorruption and a use-after-free the next time the list is walked.\n\nThe remove path already does the right thing by calling\nisys_notifier_cleanup() before isys_unregister_devices(). Mirror that on\nthe probe error path so the notifier is unregistered and cleaned up\nbefore the device is torn down."
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