media: cec: core: Fix kmemleak due to missed rc_free_device() call (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.20 % · percentile 10 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: cec: core: Fix kmemleak due to missed rc_free_device() call The commit dccc0c3ddf8f ("media: rc: fix race between unregister and urb/irq callbacks") removed the implicit call to rc_free_device() from rc_unregister_device(). However, the commit missed to remove the NULL assignment of adap->rc that is now causing rc_free_device() to never be called on an allocated rc device. kmemleak reports following after e.g. dw-hdmi unbind: unreferenced object 0xffff00010ac10000 (size 4096): comm "kworker/u16:1", pid 39, jiffies 4294897739 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 20 23 4b 0a 01 00 ff ff 08 00 c1 0a 01 00 ff ff #K............. 08 00 c1 0a 01 00 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace (crc e11baccc): kmemleak_alloc+0x38/0x44 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x4a8/0x5e0 rc_allocate_device+0x48/0x2a0 cec_allocate_adapter+0x3ac/0x800 dw_hdmi_cec_probe+0x264/0x634 platform_probe+0xc0/0x188 really_probe+0x4a4/0x8e0 __driver_probe_device+0x2f8/0x440 driver_probe_device+0x60/0x160 __device_attach_driver+0x1a0/0x2a0 bus_for_each_drv+0x100/0x1a0 __device_attach+0x174/0x350 device_initial_probe+0x90/0xb0 bus_probe_device+0x4c/0x120 device_add+0xdec/0x116c platform_device_add+0x354/0x598 Remove the assignment of adap->rc to NULL to let cec_delete_adapter() free the allocated rc device after last user of the cec device exits to fix the kmemleak.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/954ee95a03b4d31d4505591bfaba02c24b75776b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f28a8e1ba4d67a18e4662e5acefd5a4389322366
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/695063fc57574dd117b1bc750ca189cf03a2caad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cca2407794795cecff7f8e5f5a79f4ef6b1d6f6c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a24ba0653f7154e671dc8d2bf64682ab2d042792
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-80500
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-89900
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · 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 a7becb58f6b8a3a3efe5d3acfd52e2c107de6772 < 954ee95a03b4d31d4505591bfaba02c24b75776b ; affected 75977f5f5c4974c72bbedefbf09ad33ebbaa36f1 < f28a8e1ba4d67a18e4662e5acefd5a4389322366 ; affected e250b672d40a9e0d97a8895cbb301248bea0fce6 < 695063fc57574dd117b1bc750ca189cf03a2caad ; affected dccc0c3ddf8f16071736f98a7d6dd46a2d43e037 < cca2407794795cecff7f8e5f5a79f4ef6b1d6f6c ; affected dccc0c3ddf8f16071736f98a7d6dd46a2d43e037 < a24ba0653f7154e671dc8d2bf64682ab2d042792 ; affected 6.6.143 < 6.6.157 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 7.1 ; unaffected 0 < 7.1 ; unaffected 6.6.157 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.110 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.51 ≤ 6.18.* ; unaffected 7.2.5 ≤ 7.2.* |
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 |