media: rtl2832_sdr: use vb2_video_unregister_device() on remove to fix DMA leak (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.22 % · percentile 12 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: rtl2832_sdr: use vb2_video_unregister_device() on remove to fix DMA leak rtl2832_sdr_remove() runs on USB disconnect and clears dev->udev to NULL before any pending streaming teardown has run. When user space later closes its file descriptor, vb2 calls rtl2832_sdr_stop_streaming() which in turn calls rtl2832_sdr_free_stream_bufs(). That helper releases each coherent buffer with: usb_free_coherent(dev->udev, dev->buf_size, dev->buf_list[dev->buf_num], dev->dma_addr[dev->buf_num]); usb_free_coherent() returns immediately when its dev argument is NULL, so every DMA stream buffer that was live at disconnect is silently leaked. The URBs allocated in rtl2832_sdr_alloc_urbs() outlive the device for the same reason. The rtl2832_sdr driver uses vb2_fop_release() in its file_operations, so replace video_unregister_device(&dev->vdev) with vb2_video_unregister_device(&dev->vdev) and move it before clearing dev->udev. vb2_video_unregister_device() releases the vb2 queue, which synchronously runs rtl2832_sdr_stop_streaming() if streaming is active, so URBs and coherent DMA stream buffers are freed while dev->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(&dev->vb_queue_lock) / mutex_lock(&dev->v4l2_lock) pair around the unregister sequence would self-deadlock and has been removed. A short v4l2_lock critical section around dev->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
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/234c46b95a032232e31fa5987b84fb8f87a9693b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/034b6a4f9589c04bc3f2bd5125658cd72d3e17c8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ef9f19010ae4ba93aca211ea8f0081b9bf7aab2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/053581d4657c6b5289c5de71a4828d313c005189
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbf15e83c37d9ac938b7c35c02b748fe54230010
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7443b16b6dd8889a3b9c5236a09e7c58f0d11dae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0d9d9a3b41a1346c26af57aade6ba3f552fa171
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dabb047c62668f280998e29117c55e41aabac336
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-80481
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-89881
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 771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b < 234c46b95a032232e31fa5987b84fb8f87a9693b ; affected 771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b < 034b6a4f9589c04bc3f2bd5125658cd72d3e17c8 ; affected 771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b < 0ef9f19010ae4ba93aca211ea8f0081b9bf7aab2 ; affected 771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b < 053581d4657c6b5289c5de71a4828d313c005189 ; affected 771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b < bbf15e83c37d9ac938b7c35c02b748fe54230010 ; affected 771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b < 7443b16b6dd8889a3b9c5236a09e7c58f0d11dae |
| Linux · Linux | affected 3.15 ; unaffected 0 < 3.15 ; 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 |