FKIE_CVE-2026-89901

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-16 11:16 - Updated: 2026-09-16 11:16
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: airspy: use vb2_video_unregister_device() on disconnect to fix NULL deref airspy_disconnect() clears s->udev under v4l2_lock, but airspy_stop_streaming() unconditionally calls airspy_ctrl_msg() and airspy_free_stream_bufs() afterwards. If a streaming user closes the device after disconnect, stop_streaming() runs and dereferences the NULL s->udev: airspy_stop_streaming() airspy_ctrl_msg(s, CMD_RECEIVER_MODE, 0, 0, NULL, 0) usb_sndctrlpipe(s->udev, 0) /* NULL deref */ airspy_free_stream_bufs(s) usb_free_coherent(s->udev, ...) /* NULL deref */ The airspy driver uses vb2_fop_release() in its file_operations, so replace video_unregister_device(&s->vdev) with vb2_video_unregister_device(&s->vdev) and move it before clearing s->udev. vb2_video_unregister_device() releases the vb2 queue, which synchronously runs airspy_stop_streaming() if streaming is active, so the URBs, coherent DMA stream buffers and the hardware stop control message all execute while s->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(&s->vb_queue_lock) / mutex_lock(&s->v4l2_lock) pair around the unregister sequence would self-deadlock and has been removed. A short v4l2_lock critical section around s->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/
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/155d0378ae0d6305cc4840583a6b42d2d0595bff
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/297fee023f46d771a844520675692ea089d80d9d
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f378dc45e685fc825d2dd08e7864666d6fcc009
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e4ea90fdc6608cd5fac342e146ab6ae15d430bc
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75089cea32e5055773bd13116236d08fdc98678a
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9a8c37ddda9fa3687b142be9098e1c37b8faf35
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6749ac8f59cc80eb1b2d52f167fdf13e12655cc
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9081e2655188d2d134a741aec837dc70439d505
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  "descriptions": [
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: airspy: use vb2_video_unregister_device() on disconnect to fix NULL deref\n\nairspy_disconnect() clears s-\u003eudev under v4l2_lock, but\nairspy_stop_streaming() unconditionally calls airspy_ctrl_msg() and\nairspy_free_stream_bufs() afterwards. If a streaming user closes the\ndevice after disconnect, stop_streaming() runs and dereferences the\nNULL s-\u003eudev:\n\n  airspy_stop_streaming()\n    airspy_ctrl_msg(s, CMD_RECEIVER_MODE, 0, 0, NULL, 0)\n      usb_sndctrlpipe(s-\u003eudev, 0)         /* NULL deref */\n    airspy_free_stream_bufs(s)\n      usb_free_coherent(s-\u003eudev, ...)     /* NULL deref */\n\nThe airspy driver uses vb2_fop_release() in its file_operations, so\nreplace video_unregister_device(\u0026s-\u003evdev) with\nvb2_video_unregister_device(\u0026s-\u003evdev) and move it before clearing\ns-\u003eudev. vb2_video_unregister_device() releases the vb2 queue, which\nsynchronously runs airspy_stop_streaming() if streaming is active, so\nthe URBs, coherent DMA stream buffers and the hardware stop control\nmessage all execute while s-\u003eudev is still valid.\n\nvb2_video_unregister_device() locks vdev-\u003equeue-\u003elock (vb_queue_lock)\ninternally, and stop_streaming() locks v4l2_lock, so the previous outer\nmutex_lock(\u0026s-\u003evb_queue_lock) / mutex_lock(\u0026s-\u003ev4l2_lock) pair around\nthe unregister sequence would self-deadlock and has been removed. A\nshort v4l2_lock critical section around s-\u003eudev = NULL remains so any\nioctl 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/"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-89901",
  "lastModified": "2026-09-16T11:16:59.003",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-09-16T11:16:59.003",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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