In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Fix use-after-free on remove
KASAN reports a slab-use-after-free in __media_entity_remove_link() during rmmod of imx8_isi:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __media_entity_remove_link+0x608/0x650 Read of size 2 at addr ffff0000d47cb02a by task rmmod/724
Call trace: __media_entity_remove_link+0x608/0x650 __media_entity_remove_links+0x78/0x144 __media_device_unregister_entity+0x150/0x280 media_device_unregister_entity+0x48/0x68 v4l2_device_unregister_subdev+0x158/0x300 v4l2_async_unbind_subdev_one+0x22c/0x358 v4l2_async_nf_unbind_all_subdevs+0xfc/0x1c0 v4l2_async_nf_unregister+0x5c/0x14c mxc_isi_remove+0x124/0x2a0 [imx8_isi]
Allocated by task 249: __kmalloc_noprof+0x27c/0x690 mxc_isi_crossbar_init+0x22c/0x560 [imx8_isi]
Freed by task 724: kfree+0x1e4/0x5b0 mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup+0x34/0x80 [imx8_isi] mxc_isi_remove+0x11c/0x2a0 [imx8_isi]
The problem is that mxc_isi_remove() calls mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup() before mxc_isi_v4l2_cleanup(). The crossbar cleanup frees the media entity pads, but the subsequent v4l2 cleanup still tries to remove media links that reference those pads.
Fix this by calling mxc_isi_v4l2_cleanup() before mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup() to ensure all media entities are properly unregistered while the pads are still valid.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux-6.12Upgrade linux | Aug 2, 2026 | Aug 2, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1013-oemUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-gke-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1006-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-2018-nvidia-bosUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1018-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gke-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oem-7.0Upgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-bosUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-26.04aUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1012-awsUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1019-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-ibm-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oem-26.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-generic-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1018-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-genericUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-aws-7.0Upgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1019-raspiUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-7.0Upgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gke-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1013-ibmUpgrade linux-image-raspi-7.0Upgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcpUpgrade linux-image-realtime-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1012-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-gke-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-realtime-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-2018-nvidia-bos-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oem-26.04bUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1006-gke | Sep 14, 2026 | Sep 7, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Aug 14, 2026 | Jul 25, 2026 |
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