CVE-2026-89881

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: rtl2832_sdr: use vb2_video_unregister_device() on remove to fix DMA leak rtl2832_sdr_remove() runs on USB disconnect and clears dev->udev to NULL before any pending streaming teardown has run. When user space later closes its file descriptor, vb2 calls rtl2832_sdr_stop_streaming() which in turn calls rtl2832_sdr_free_stream_bufs(). That helper releases each coherent buffer with: usb_free_coherent(dev->udev, dev->buf_size, dev->buf_list[dev->buf_num], dev->dma_addr[dev->buf_num]); usb_free_coherent() returns immediately when its dev argument is NULL, so every DMA stream buffer that was live at disconnect is silently leaked. The URBs allocated in rtl2832_sdr_alloc_urbs() outlive the device for the same reason. The rtl2832_sdr driver uses vb2_fop_release() in its file_operations, so replace video_unregister_device(&dev->vdev) with vb2_video_unregister_device(&dev->vdev) and move it before clearing dev->udev. vb2_video_unregister_device() releases the vb2 queue, which synchronously runs rtl2832_sdr_stop_streaming() if streaming is active, so URBs and coherent DMA stream buffers are freed while dev->udev is still valid. vb2_video_unregister_device() locks vdev->queue->lock (vb_queue_lock) internally, and stop_streaming() locks v4l2_lock, so the previous outer mutex_lock(&dev->vb_queue_lock) / mutex_lock(&dev->v4l2_lock) pair around the unregister sequence would self-deadlock and has been removed. A short v4l2_lock critical section around dev->udev = NULL remains so any ioctl path that still holds the file descriptor sees coherent state. Issue identified by automated review of the INV-003 series at https://sashiko.dev/

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

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

Published

2026-09-16 11:16:56.503000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:18:33.003000

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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-16T11:16:56.503",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:18:33.003",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: rtl2832_sdr: use vb2_video_unregister_device() on remove to fix DMA leak\n\nrtl2832_sdr_remove() runs on USB disconnect and clears dev->udev to\nNULL before any pending streaming teardown has run. When user space\nlater closes its file descriptor, vb2 calls rtl2832_sdr_stop_streaming()\nwhich in turn calls rtl2832_sdr_free_stream_bufs(). That helper releases\neach coherent buffer with:\n\n    usb_free_coherent(dev->udev, dev->buf_size,\n                      dev->buf_list[dev->buf_num],\n                      dev->dma_addr[dev->buf_num]);\n\nusb_free_coherent() returns immediately when its dev argument is NULL,\nso every DMA stream buffer that was live at disconnect is silently\nleaked. The URBs allocated in rtl2832_sdr_alloc_urbs() outlive the\ndevice for the same reason.\n\nThe rtl2832_sdr driver uses vb2_fop_release() in its file_operations,\nso replace video_unregister_device(&dev->vdev) with\nvb2_video_unregister_device(&dev->vdev) and move it before clearing\ndev->udev. vb2_video_unregister_device() releases the vb2 queue, which\nsynchronously runs rtl2832_sdr_stop_streaming() if streaming is active,\nso URBs and coherent DMA stream buffers are freed while dev->udev is\nstill valid.\n\nvb2_video_unregister_device() locks vdev->queue->lock (vb_queue_lock)\ninternally, and stop_streaming() locks v4l2_lock, so the previous outer\nmutex_lock(&dev->vb_queue_lock) / mutex_lock(&dev->v4l2_lock) pair\naround the unregister sequence would self-deadlock and has been removed.\nA short v4l2_lock critical section around dev->udev = NULL remains so\nany ioctl path that still holds the file descriptor sees coherent state.\n\nIssue identified by automated review of the INV-003 series at\nhttps://sashiko.dev/"
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