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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-89736" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-09-11T19:46:44.608Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T08:51:50.340Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:35.090Z" 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-2026-89736" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-89736.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89736" title: "usb: gadget: u_audio: Fix use-after-free on sound card disconnect" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: gadget: u_audio: Fix use-after-free on sound card disconnect\n\ng_audio_cleanup() invokes snd_card_free_when_closed() to initiate sound\ncard teardown and immediately frees the underlying struct snd_uac_chip\ncontext. However, snd_card_free_when_closed() returns asynchronously\nwhile ALSA control elements (kctls) remain open in userspace.\n\nWhen userspace control applications access or close these open file\ndescriptors, kctl callbacks attempt to dereference kctl-\u003eprivate_data\npointing to &uac-\u003ec_prm or &uac-\u003ep_prm within the freed uac structure,\nresulting in a use-after-free (UAF) memory corruption.\n\nFix this issue by deferring the destruction of struct snd_uac_chip until\nall references to the ALSA sound card are released. Register a custom\ncard-\u003eprivate_free callback (u_audio_card_free) during g_audio_setup()\nthat frees uac and its associated playback/capture request and ring\nbuffers only when the sound card reference count drops to zero." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"33f341c1fc60e172a3515c51bdabee11e83d1ee9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a7ecd1a04f4f485d7be6443d0f0b2c61a800cb82"},{"version":"b131989797f7287d7fdadb2bababc05a15d44750","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f983793f03148b097977f200298db215cd2d4438"},{"version":"3bc7324e4911351e39c54a62e6ca46321cb10faf","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6f46762196f04464e1050a9ee94e72b917db9010"},{"version":"6c67ed9ad9b83e453e808f9b31a931a20a25629b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"891a8d11f4d5eb50b2ce7570f4f98204a7a57493"},{"version":"6c67ed9ad9b83e453e808f9b31a931a20a25629b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c74ff0b1a0fca53d3ac185873c87d6a719b30a47"},{"version":"6c67ed9ad9b83e453e808f9b31a931a20a25629b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4e747c864a88537e18b1ffc19a1954c9686bb8e1"},{"version":"6c67ed9ad9b83e453e808f9b31a931a20a25629b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"79a92896e2bb9471550c56fc23d8d93592f04c27"},{"version":"6c67ed9ad9b83e453e808f9b31a931a20a25629b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"858965947081d10d41d9a1010a540d3d5eea958b"},{"version":"3e016ef2e72da93a2ea7afbb45de1b481b44d761","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"3256e152b645fc1e788ba44c2d8ced690113e3e6","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0eda2004f38d95ef5715d62be884cd344260535b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"43ca70753dfffd517d2af126da28690f8f615605","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5.10.177","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.10.270"},{"version":"5.15.105","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.15.221"},{"version":"6.1.22","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.1.188"},{"version":"4.14.312","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.15"},{"version":"4.19.280","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.20"},{"version":"5.4.240","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.5"},{"version":"6.2.9","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.3"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.3","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.3"},{"version":"5.10.270","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.221","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.188","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.157","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.109","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.50","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2.4","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","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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