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CVE-2026-89880

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Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2026
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cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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media: rtl2832_sdr: release URBs and stream buffers on start_streaming() failure

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: rtl2832_sdr: release URBs and stream buffers on start_streaming() failure rtl2832_sdr_start_streaming() calls rtl2832_sdr_alloc_stream_bufs(), rtl2832_sdr_alloc_urbs() and rtl2832_sdr_submit_urbs() in sequence and shares a single err: label that only unlocks the mutex and returns. When alloc_urbs() succeeds but submit_urbs() fails, or when alloc_urbs() itself returns -ENOMEM after alloc_stream_bufs() has already succeeded, the URBs and/or the coherent DMA stream buffers stay allocated while streaming reports failure to vb2. Two latent defects follow on the next VIDIOC_STREAMON: 1) rtl2832_sdr_alloc_stream_bufs() unconditionally resets dev->buf_num to 0 and overwrites dev->buf_list[]/dev->dma_addr[], permanently leaking the coherent DMA memory allocated by the previous attempt. 2) rtl2832_sdr_alloc_urbs() never resets dev->urbs_initialized and only increments it. After a second successful pass urbs_initialized can exceed MAX_BULK_BUFS, so the subsequent rtl2832_sdr_free_urbs() walks from urbs_initialized - 1 down to 0 and reads past the end of dev->urb_list[], passing garbage pointers to usb_free_urb(). Mirror the teardown that stop_streaming() already performs: on the error path call rtl2832_sdr_free_urbs() and rtl2832_sdr_free_stream_bufs() before unlocking. Both helpers are idempotent (free_urbs kills and zeros urbs_initialized; free_stream_bufs is gated on URB_BUF and clears the buf_num counter), so partial-failure paths and the no-allocation paths remain safe. Issue identified by automated review of the INV-003 series at https://sashiko.dev/

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
unaffected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474baffectedgitf14a713a36a5c87568430e9770896f2a8f5bbbb7UnavailableNone listed
771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474baffectedgitc819dea3a433ae790b829443fdcc1715d1586560UnavailableNone listed
771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474baffectedgit0337ab0759285076a3f9dcfcc40906e69ab519b3UnavailableNone listed
771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474baffectedgitc91e8ae2b39c6da81f26f2c9877d3fd33a4465ceUnavailableNone listed
771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474baffectedgit8bcf11a239eac4e224ad856277de9a36c91b1711UnavailableNone listed
771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474baffectedgit26a2a985bbeee3eaa6f80ff7de732161a171ec9fUnavailableNone listed
771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474baffectedgitac02b2c56ccef0788cea9b86990a8f349a3fc6d8UnavailableNone listed
771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474baffectedgitfe50cdaebf12cd32ff9a44d92bfd6fbc2300dbd4UnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
3.15affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver3.15UnavailableNone listed
5.10.270unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.10.*None listed
5.15.221unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.15.*None listed
6.1.188unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.1.*None listed
6.6.157unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.6.*None listed
6.12.110unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.12.*None listed
6.18.51unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.18.*None listed
7.2.5unaffectedsemverUnavailable7.2.*None listed
7.3unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed