High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 24, 2026· Updated Oct 21, 2026
CVE-2026-97513
CVE-2026-97513
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: chips-media: wave5: Release m2m_ctx after Instance Removed from List
Possible use after free if IRQ thread manages to obtain spinlock between m2m_ctx release and wave5_release function removing stream instance from list of active instances. The IRQ thread looks for the m2m_ctx which is freed so null pointer dereference occurs.
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3News mentions
1- Linux Kernel: 25 Vulnerabilities Patched Across Multiple Subsystems on Sep 24, 2026Vypr Intelligence · Sep 24, 2026