High severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-89522
media: staging/ipu7: fix async notifier UAF on probe error path
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: staging/ipu7: fix async notifier UAF on probe error path
isys_register_devices() registers the V4L2 async notifier via
isys_notifier_init(). If a subsequent probe step such as
isys_fw_log_init() fails, isys_probe() jumps to the out_cleanup label
which only calls isys_unregister_devices(). That helper tears down the
video devices, subdevices, V4L2 device and media device, but never
unregisters or cleans up the async notifier.
As a result the notifier stays chained in the global notifier_list while
the enclosing struct ipu7_isys is freed by devres, leading to list
corruption and a use-after-free the next time the list is walked.
The remove path already does the right thing by calling
isys_notifier_cleanup() before isys_unregister_devices(). Mirror that on
the probe error path so the notifier is unregistered and cleaned up
before the device is torn down.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
a516d36bdc3d8373f904af57c95e76d6f921cf1c before 2a8dd9fd12f3f6b21207cec8f50c92cd428e6b81; a516d36bdc3d8373f904af57c95e76d6f921cf1c before 323c411fb63122e8cef5b833032d69d59a838559; a516d36bdc3d8373f904af57c95e76d6f921cf1c before d7f48aa7d60c65d3e6d5312c27f17d5525a245fb; 6.17 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89522
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89522
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a8dd9fd12f3f6b21207cec8f50c92cd428e6b81
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/323c411fb63122e8cef5b833032d69d59a838559
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7f48aa7d60c65d3e6d5312c27f17d5525a245fb
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