Bug 2535392 (CVE-2026-89883)

Summary:	CVE-2026-89883 kernel: media: rc: sunxi-cir: Unregister rc device on probe failure
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's `sunxi-cir` module, which handles infrared remote control devices. This vulnerability occurs due to improper error handling during device initialization. If a device probe fails after the remote control (RC) device has been registered, the system does not properly unregister the device, leading to a resource leak. This could potentially allow a local attacker to exhaust system resources, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-16 12:32:11 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: rc: sunxi-cir: Unregister rc device on probe failure

After rc_register_device() succeeds, later probe failures must undo the
registration with rc_unregister_device(). The current error path jumps to
the allocation cleanup label and only calls rc_free_device(), leaving the
rc device registration and resources created by rc_register_device()
behind.

Add a registered-device unwind label for the IRQ lookup, IRQ request, and
hardware initialization failure paths. Keep rc_free_device() for failures
before rc_register_device() succeeds.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-09-17 11:39:25 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-89883.mbox