CVE-2026-89880

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: rtl2832_sdr: release URBs and stream buffers on start_streaming() failure rtl2832_sdr_start_streaming() calls rtl2832_sdr_alloc_stream_bufs(), rtl2832_sdr_alloc_urbs() and rtl2832_sdr_submit_urbs() in sequence and shares a single err: label that only unlocks the mutex and returns. When alloc_urbs() succeeds but submit_urbs() fails, or when alloc_urbs() itself returns -ENOMEM after alloc_stream_bufs() has already succeeded, the URBs and/or the coherent DMA stream buffers stay allocated while streaming reports failure to vb2. Two latent defects follow on the next VIDIOC_STREAMON: 1) rtl2832_sdr_alloc_stream_bufs() unconditionally resets dev->buf_num to 0 and overwrites dev->buf_list[]/dev->dma_addr[], permanently leaking the coherent DMA memory allocated by the previous attempt. 2) rtl2832_sdr_alloc_urbs() never resets dev->urbs_initialized and only increments it. After a second successful pass urbs_initialized can exceed MAX_BULK_BUFS, so the subsequent rtl2832_sdr_free_urbs() walks from urbs_initialized - 1 down to 0 and reads past the end of dev->urb_list[], passing garbage pointers to usb_free_urb(). Mirror the teardown that stop_streaming() already performs: on the error path call rtl2832_sdr_free_urbs() and rtl2832_sdr_free_stream_bufs() before unlocking. Both helpers are idempotent (free_urbs kills and zeros urbs_initialized; free_stream_bufs is gated on URB_BUF and clears the buf_num counter), so partial-failure paths and the no-allocation paths remain safe. Issue identified by automated review of the INV-003 series at https://sashiko.dev/

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

7.8 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

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

Published

2026-09-16 11:16:56.363000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:18:32.850000

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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-16T11:16:56.363",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:18:32.850",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: rtl2832_sdr: release URBs and stream buffers on start_streaming() failure\n\nrtl2832_sdr_start_streaming() calls rtl2832_sdr_alloc_stream_bufs(),\nrtl2832_sdr_alloc_urbs() and rtl2832_sdr_submit_urbs() in sequence and\nshares a single err: label that only unlocks the mutex and returns.\nWhen alloc_urbs() succeeds but submit_urbs() fails, or when alloc_urbs()\nitself returns -ENOMEM after alloc_stream_bufs() has already succeeded,\nthe URBs and/or the coherent DMA stream buffers stay allocated while\nstreaming reports failure to vb2. Two latent defects follow on the next\nVIDIOC_STREAMON:\n\n1) rtl2832_sdr_alloc_stream_bufs() unconditionally resets dev->buf_num\n   to 0 and overwrites dev->buf_list[]/dev->dma_addr[], permanently\n   leaking the coherent DMA memory allocated by the previous attempt.\n\n2) rtl2832_sdr_alloc_urbs() never resets dev->urbs_initialized and only\n   increments it. After a second successful pass urbs_initialized can\n   exceed MAX_BULK_BUFS, so the subsequent rtl2832_sdr_free_urbs() walks\n   from urbs_initialized - 1 down to 0 and reads past the end of\n   dev->urb_list[], passing garbage pointers to usb_free_urb().\n\nMirror the teardown that stop_streaming() already performs: on the error\npath call rtl2832_sdr_free_urbs() and rtl2832_sdr_free_stream_bufs()\nbefore unlocking. Both helpers are idempotent (free_urbs kills and zeros\nurbs_initialized; free_stream_bufs is gated on URB_BUF and clears the\nbuf_num counter), so partial-failure paths and the no-allocation paths\nremain safe.\n\nIssue identified by automated review of the INV-003 series at\nhttps://sashiko.dev/"
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