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GHSA-Q956-6H2R-2RPX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-25 12:31 – Updated: 2026-07-27 06:30

Details

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

staging: media: ipu7: fix double-free and use-after-free in error paths

In both ipu7_isys_init() and ipu7_psys_init(), pdata is allocated and then passed to ipu7_bus_initialize_device(), which stores it in adev->pdata. The ipu7_bus_release() function frees adev->pdata when the device's reference count drops to zero.

Two error paths incorrectly call kfree(pdata) after the device teardown has already freed it:

When ipu7_mmu_init() fails: put_device() is called, which drops the reference count to zero and triggers ipu7_bus_release() -> kfree(pdata). The subsequent kfree(pdata) is a double-free.
When ipu7_bus_add_device() fails: it calls auxiliary_device_uninit() internally, which calls put_device() -> ipu7_bus_release() -> kfree(pdata). The subsequent kfree(pdata) is again a double-free.

Note that the kfree(pdata) when ipu7_bus_initialize_device() itself fails is correct, because in that case auxiliary_device_init() failed and the release function was never set up, so pdata must be freed manually.

Additionally, the error code was not saved before calling put_device(), causing ERR_CAST() to dereference the already-freed adev pointer when constructing the return value. Fix this by saving the error from dev_err_probe() before put_device() and returning ERR_PTR() instead.

Remove the redundant kfree(pdata) calls and fix the use-after-free in the return values of the two affected error paths.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-64447 (GCVE-0-2026-64447)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-25 08:51 – Updated: 2026-07-27 05:01

Title

staging: media: ipu7: fix double-free and use-after-free in error paths

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: media: ipu7: fix double-free and use-after-free in error paths In both ipu7_isys_init() and ipu7_psys_init(), pdata is allocated and then passed to ipu7_bus_initialize_device(), which stores it in adev->pdata. The ipu7_bus_release() function frees adev->pdata when the device's reference count drops to zero. Two error paths incorrectly call kfree(pdata) after the device teardown has already freed it: 1. When ipu7_mmu_init() fails: put_device() is called, which drops the reference count to zero and triggers ipu7_bus_release() -> kfree(pdata). The subsequent kfree(pdata) is a double-free. 2. When ipu7_bus_add_device() fails: it calls auxiliary_device_uninit() internally, which calls put_device() -> ipu7_bus_release() -> kfree(pdata). The subsequent kfree(pdata) is again a double-free. Note that the kfree(pdata) when ipu7_bus_initialize_device() itself fails is correct, because in that case auxiliary_device_init() failed and the release function was never set up, so pdata must be freed manually. Additionally, the error code was not saved before calling put_device(), causing ERR_CAST() to dereference the already-freed adev pointer when constructing the return value. Fix this by saving the error from dev_err_probe() before put_device() and returning ERR_PTR() instead. Remove the redundant kfree(pdata) calls and fix the use-after-free in the return values of the two affected error paths.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux

References

3 references

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5ddc7257bee71f5b…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/837c1f9655421055f…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3a9a8cf2d7fd61a2…

Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: b7fe4c0019b12d60ece3e99eeb0ccfd5a1d103e5 , < b5ddc7257bee71f5b8cf9083e2b0ac0427e9fbb3 (git) Affected: b7fe4c0019b12d60ece3e99eeb0ccfd5a1d103e5 , < 837c1f9655421055f751ed34745e820a54a27642 (git) Affected: b7fe4c0019b12d60ece3e99eeb0ccfd5a1d103e5 , < d3a9a8cf2d7fd61a2f63df61f6cbc0a9bb007cc0 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.17 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.17 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.39 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.4 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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CVE-2026-64447 (GCVE-0-2026-64447)

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