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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-31578" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-04-24T14:42:09.519Z" updatedAt: "2026-06-14T17:42:03.244Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:02.025Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-31578" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-31578.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31578" title: "media: as102: fix to not free memory after the device is registered in as102_usb_probe()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: as102: fix to not free memory after the device is registered in as102_usb_probe()\n\nIn as102_usb driver, the following race condition occurs:\n```\n\t\tCPU0\t\t\t\t\t\tCPU1\nas102_usb_probe()\n kzalloc(); // alloc as102_dev_t\n ....\n usb_register_dev();\n\t\t\t\t\t\tfd = sys_open(\"/path/to/dev\"); // open as102 fd\n\t\t\t\t\t\t....\n usb_deregister_dev();\n ....\n kfree(); // free as102_dev_t\n ....\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsys_close(fd);\n\t\t\t\t\t\t as102_release() // UAF!!\n\t\t\t\t\t\t as102_usb_release()\n\t\t\t\t\t\t kfree(); // DFB!!\n```\n\nWhen a USB character device registered with usb_register_dev() is later\nunregistered (via usb_deregister_dev() or disconnect), the device node is\nremoved so new open() calls fail. However, file descriptors that are\nalready open do not go away immediately: they remain valid until the last\nreference is dropped and the driver's .release() is invoked.\n\nIn as102, as102_usb_probe() calls usb_register_dev() and then, on an\nerror path, does usb_deregister_dev() and frees as102_dev_t right away.\nIf userspace raced a successful open() before the deregistration, that\nopen FD will later hit as102_release() --\u003e as102_usb_release() and access\nor free as102_dev_t again, occur a race to use-after-free and\ndouble-free vuln.\n\nThe fix is to never kfree(as102_dev_t) directly once usb_register_dev()\nhas succeeded. After deregistration, defer freeing memory to .release().\n\nIn other words, let release() perform the last kfree when the final open\nFD is closed." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"cd19f7d3e39b3160595d56bb3e3a2bf4f7f4669c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0d36653a3a821e5a974798adb347b3ea09332914"},{"version":"cd19f7d3e39b3160595d56bb3e3a2bf4f7f4669c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"25d500cf391e384356a612b85cf60b353ad3cd0c"},{"version":"cd19f7d3e39b3160595d56bb3e3a2bf4f7f4669c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"07ceb444c8f627cf863864d4274b5a77769725ed"},{"version":"cd19f7d3e39b3160595d56bb3e3a2bf4f7f4669c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"cb8092038e95dc1113a68e63762de40fff61ba71"},{"version":"cd19f7d3e39b3160595d56bb3e3a2bf4f7f4669c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"582fbecb3756330006fe1950762412a68c2cacd2"},{"version":"cd19f7d3e39b3160595d56bb3e3a2bf4f7f4669c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"09e9206008b887aa553733bd915d73131071a086"},{"version":"cd19f7d3e39b3160595d56bb3e3a2bf4f7f4669c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2eeae47a438694408189138048a786be99954032"},{"version":"cd19f7d3e39b3160595d56bb3e3a2bf4f7f4669c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7e5aedf6059cba2a669d86caeaf5a51f33ec85a1"},{"version":"cd19f7d3e39b3160595d56bb3e3a2bf4f7f4669c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8bd29dbe03fc5b0f039ab2395ff37b64236d2f0c"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.14","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.14"},{"version":"5.10.258","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.209","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.175","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.136","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.83","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.24","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"6.19.14","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*"},{"version":"7.0.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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