FKIE_CVE-2026-64447
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-25 10:17 - Updated: 2026-07-27 05:16
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
staging: media: ipu7: fix double-free and use-after-free in error paths
In both ipu7_isys_init() and ipu7_psys_init(), pdata is allocated and
then passed to ipu7_bus_initialize_device(), which stores it in
adev->pdata. The ipu7_bus_release() function frees adev->pdata when the
device's reference count drops to zero.
Two error paths incorrectly call kfree(pdata) after the device teardown
has already freed it:
1. When ipu7_mmu_init() fails: put_device() is called, which drops the
reference count to zero and triggers ipu7_bus_release() ->
kfree(pdata). The subsequent kfree(pdata) is a double-free.
2. When ipu7_bus_add_device() fails: it calls auxiliary_device_uninit()
internally, which calls put_device() -> ipu7_bus_release() ->
kfree(pdata). The subsequent kfree(pdata) is again a double-free.
Note that the kfree(pdata) when ipu7_bus_initialize_device() itself
fails is correct, because in that case auxiliary_device_init() failed
and the release function was never set up, so pdata must be freed
manually.
Additionally, the error code was not saved before calling put_device(),
causing ERR_CAST() to dereference the already-freed adev pointer when
constructing the return value. Fix this by saving the error from
dev_err_probe() before put_device() and returning ERR_PTR() instead.
Remove the redundant kfree(pdata) calls and fix the use-after-free in
the return values of the two affected error paths.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"affectedData": [
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"drivers/staging/media/ipu7/ipu7.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"lessThan": "b5ddc7257bee71f5b8cf9083e2b0ac0427e9fbb3",
"status": "affected",
"version": "b7fe4c0019b12d60ece3e99eeb0ccfd5a1d103e5",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "837c1f9655421055f751ed34745e820a54a27642",
"status": "affected",
"version": "b7fe4c0019b12d60ece3e99eeb0ccfd5a1d103e5",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "d3a9a8cf2d7fd61a2f63df61f6cbc0a9bb007cc0",
"status": "affected",
"version": "b7fe4c0019b12d60ece3e99eeb0ccfd5a1d103e5",
"versionType": "git"
}
]
},
{
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"drivers/staging/media/ipu7/ipu7.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "6.17"
},
{
"lessThan": "6.17",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.18.39",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.1.4",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.2-rc1",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
}
]
}
],
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nstaging: media: ipu7: fix double-free and use-after-free in error paths\n\nIn both ipu7_isys_init() and ipu7_psys_init(), pdata is allocated and\nthen passed to ipu7_bus_initialize_device(), which stores it in\nadev-\u003epdata. The ipu7_bus_release() function frees adev-\u003epdata when the\ndevice\u0027s reference count drops to zero.\n\nTwo error paths incorrectly call kfree(pdata) after the device teardown\nhas already freed it:\n\n1. When ipu7_mmu_init() fails: put_device() is called, which drops the\n reference count to zero and triggers ipu7_bus_release() -\u003e\n kfree(pdata). The subsequent kfree(pdata) is a double-free.\n\n2. When ipu7_bus_add_device() fails: it calls auxiliary_device_uninit()\n internally, which calls put_device() -\u003e ipu7_bus_release() -\u003e\n kfree(pdata). The subsequent kfree(pdata) is again a double-free.\n\nNote that the kfree(pdata) when ipu7_bus_initialize_device() itself\nfails is correct, because in that case auxiliary_device_init() failed\nand the release function was never set up, so pdata must be freed\nmanually.\n\nAdditionally, the error code was not saved before calling put_device(),\ncausing ERR_CAST() to dereference the already-freed adev pointer when\nconstructing the return value. Fix this by saving the error from\ndev_err_probe() before put_device() and returning ERR_PTR() instead.\n\nRemove the redundant kfree(pdata) calls and fix the use-after-free in\nthe return values of the two affected error paths."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2026-64447",
"lastModified": "2026-07-27T05:16:51.487",
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"cvssData": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "LOCAL",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
"baseScore": 7.8,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "LOW",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 1.8,
"impactScore": 5.9,
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"type": "Secondary"
}
]
},
"published": "2026-07-25T10:17:29.437",
"references": [
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/837c1f9655421055f751ed34745e820a54a27642"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5ddc7257bee71f5b8cf9083e2b0ac0427e9fbb3"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3a9a8cf2d7fd61a2f63df61f6cbc0a9bb007cc0"
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"vulnStatus": "Received"
}
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