CVE-2026-89870 (GCVE-0-2026-89870)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-16 10:31
Modified
2026-10-19 08:54
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: zoran: Avoid freeing a registered video_device twice zoran_init_video_device() installs zoran_vdev_release() as the video_device release callback through zoran_template. After video_register_device() succeeds, video_unregister_device() drops the registered video_device reference and the V4L2 core eventually invokes that release callback, which kfree()s the video_device. zoran_exit_video_devices() called video_unregister_device() and then kfree(zr->video_dev), so device teardown could free the same video_device twice. Remove the direct kfree() and clear the cached pointer after unregistering. The pre-registration failure path keeps its manual free because the video_device was not registered there. This issue was found by a static analysis checker and confirmed by manual source review.
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Linux Linux Version: 82e3a496eb56da0b9f29fdc5b63cedb3289e91de
Version: 82e3a496eb56da0b9f29fdc5b63cedb3289e91de
Version: 82e3a496eb56da0b9f29fdc5b63cedb3289e91de
Version: 82e3a496eb56da0b9f29fdc5b63cedb3289e91de
Version: 82e3a496eb56da0b9f29fdc5b63cedb3289e91de
Version: 82e3a496eb56da0b9f29fdc5b63cedb3289e91de
Version: bd01629315ffd5b63da91d0bd529a77d30e55028
Version: ff3357bffd9fb78f59762d8955afc7382a279079
Version: c1ba65100a359fe28cfe37e09e10c99f247cbf1e
Version: 1e501ec38796f43e995731d1bcd4173cb1ccfce0
Version: 5.10.110   ≤
Version: 5.15.33   ≤
Version: 5.16.19   ≤
Version: 5.17.2   ≤
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