Bug 2461487 (CVE-2026-31583) - CVE-2026-31583 kernel: media: em28xx: fix use-after-free in em28xx_v4l2_open()
Summary: CVE-2026-31583 kernel: media: em28xx: fix use-after-free in em28xx_v4l2_open()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-31583
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security
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Reported: 2026-04-24 15:04 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-04-24 18:37 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-24 15:04:24 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: em28xx: fix use-after-free in em28xx_v4l2_open()

em28xx_v4l2_open() reads dev->v4l2 without holding dev->lock,
creating a race with em28xx_v4l2_init()'s error path and
em28xx_v4l2_fini(), both of which free the em28xx_v4l2 struct
and set dev->v4l2 to NULL under dev->lock.

This race leads to two issues:
 - use-after-free in v4l2_fh_init() when accessing vdev->ctrl_handler,
   since the video_device is embedded in the freed em28xx_v4l2 struct.
 - NULL pointer dereference in em28xx_resolution_set() when accessing
   v4l2->norm, since dev->v4l2 has been set to NULL.

Fix this by moving the mutex_lock() before the dev->v4l2 read and
adding a NULL check for dev->v4l2 under the lock.


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