CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-93070

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the media ipu6 driver freed pdata after auxiliary device initialization, which could lead to a double free of the same object. Error paths already call put_device() and auxiliary_device_uninit(), which trigger release via ipu6_bus_release().

Risk Assessment

A double free can corrupt the kernel heap, cause system crashes, or potentially be exploited for privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version with the fix that removes manual pdata frees after auxiliary device initialization.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: ipu6: Do not free aux device pdata after init ipu6_bus_initialize_device() stores the isys/psys pdata pointer in struct ipu6_bus_device and initializes the auxiliary device. After that point, error unwinding must drop the auxiliary device reference and let ipu6_bus_release() free both the bus device and adev->pdata. The isys and psys init paths already call put_device() when MMU initialization fails, and ipu6_bus_add_device() calls auxiliary_device_uninit() on auxiliary_device_add() failure. Both paths therefore run the bus release callback. The extra kfree(pdata) in the callers can release the same object a second time. Remove the manual pdata frees after the auxiliary device has been initialized. This issue was found by a static analysis checker and confirmed by manual source review.

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