Revert "media: v4l2-dev: fix error handling in __video_register_device()" (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.17 % · percentile 6 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "media: v4l2-dev: fix error handling in __video_register_device()" This reverts commit 2a934fdb01db6458288fc9386d3d8ceba6dd551a. The intentions of that patch were good, but it doesn't work. The idea is that if device_register fails, you have to do a put_device to let the ref counter release resources. However, the V4L2 API says that if video_register_device() fails, then you have to call video_device_release(), which kfree()s the video_device struct. But the put_device() will already have freed the struct, so you end up in a double-free scenario. There is not really a good way of fixing this without breaking video_register_device() into two parts, one that initializes everything, and one that does the actual device_register, and then converting all V4L2 drivers to this new model. That is a massive job, and it is very unlikely that device_register will fail. So rather than ending up in a double-free scenario, just revert this patch, and in that case we'll have a small memory leak. Which is a lot more robust.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b998c171ed875e402e1fd1c5cd619e4ca05e9c1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3de14b4f681a1b3c6d375d98d9d37a55ebb85349
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8027f82c0f5474ed72448e160ee9778051fa1f49
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ac009a65d2385e9f0799eaf9d9694a29153a161
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/712ca1cf756de2557a116e0df55791bac0c9f99e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aad08b5f67d2a8116e1a00bce2611c1513b10bce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce792b94e03882108019ba996c1a7c4d4e09be2c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7600f5cee5de14065f950807931d6e6d40fb2d7
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-76653
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-89741
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1375 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1289 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1253 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected e5c8e62ae551e0ad2e15412aa0c57c2856d59677 < 8b998c171ed875e402e1fd1c5cd619e4ca05e9c1 ; affected 8b451a9a46f2bfc510e6d5c2492df91647586184 < 3de14b4f681a1b3c6d375d98d9d37a55ebb85349 ; affected b6be1f5633eae200af2527e9eeb7f51be5739b0f < 8027f82c0f5474ed72448e160ee9778051fa1f49 ; affected ae7b143e05b36fc69d6571751855946cc45064c6 < 2ac009a65d2385e9f0799eaf9d9694a29153a161 ; affected 2429bb9fad88c8fa84c4956b0a21cf5afe5e92b7 < 712ca1cf756de2557a116e0df55791bac0c9f99e ; affected 2a934fdb01db6458288fc9386d3d8ceba6dd551a < aad08b5f67d2a8116e1a00bce2611c1513b10bce |
| Linux · Linux | affected 6.16 ; unaffected 0 < 6.16 ; unaffected 5.10.270 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.221 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.188 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.157 ≤ 6.6.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |