CVE-2026-89892
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.
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8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0da1e627f4fc9d0e947fdae90913042120878923nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1abe9524dec0fd26e9ceb8d586034d6f68dd8273nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4666197ca4f7d80cd3b0292054fe45d76be9ba04nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e11c45dfdc72ab656067b1df8fcebaf52fd4715nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/95f76f51937fdfb0fc1e14cae606b1ef574a56f3nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d06067ee32620f272cfb80c7bc7c572ad4e74724nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8d7e77d9c621b42a191c67a9b37bec23dc1d555nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9322ac9f862961d7f377b87ec26c8565af7e073nvd
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