CVE-2026-89892 PUBLISHED

media: em28xx: defer audio-only extension registration

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 11.09.2026 Published: 16.09.2026 Updated: 16.09.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: em28xx: defer audio-only extension registration

The audio-only path registers extensions while probing the primary device. For a dual-TS board, this happens before dev_next is created. The duplicate device inherits is_audio_only and is then independently inserted into em28xx_devlist.

The list is intended to contain only primary devices: extension operations reach the secondary device through dev_next. The independently linked secondary can be freed during disconnect while its list node remains reachable, resulting in a use-after-free.

Defer audio-only extension registration to the module-request work item. It runs only after probing has completed construction of the optional secondary device, so only the primary is registered and extension callbacks reach the secondary through dev_next.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 4a089668ef22c295ed4997289cc48446c849249c to 0da1e627f4fc9d0e947fdae90913042120878923 (excl.)
  • affected from 4a089668ef22c295ed4997289cc48446c849249c to f8d7e77d9c621b42a191c67a9b37bec23dc1d555 (excl.)
  • affected from 4a089668ef22c295ed4997289cc48446c849249c to 1abe9524dec0fd26e9ceb8d586034d6f68dd8273 (excl.)
  • affected from 4a089668ef22c295ed4997289cc48446c849249c to 4e11c45dfdc72ab656067b1df8fcebaf52fd4715 (excl.)
  • affected from 4a089668ef22c295ed4997289cc48446c849249c to d06067ee32620f272cfb80c7bc7c572ad4e74724 (excl.)
  • affected from 4a089668ef22c295ed4997289cc48446c849249c to f9322ac9f862961d7f377b87ec26c8565af7e073 (excl.)
  • affected from 4a089668ef22c295ed4997289cc48446c849249c to 4666197ca4f7d80cd3b0292054fe45d76be9ba04 (excl.)
  • affected from 4a089668ef22c295ed4997289cc48446c849249c to 95f76f51937fdfb0fc1e14cae606b1ef574a56f3 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.17 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.17 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.270 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.221 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.188 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.157 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.110 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.51 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.5 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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