Linux vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: chips-media: wave5: Release m2m_ctx after Instance Removed from List Possible use after free if IRQ thread manages to obtain spinlock between m2m_ctx release and wave5_release function removing stream instance from list of active instances. The IRQ thread looks for the m2m_ctx which is freed so null pointer dereference occurs.

Published 24 Sep 2026Updated 28 Sep 20262 sources
CVSS 7.8

What happened

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: chips-media: wave5: Release m2m_ctx after Instance Removed from List Possible use after free if IRQ thread manages to obtain spinlock between m2m_ctx release and wave5_release function removing stream instance from list of active instances. The IRQ thread looks for the m2m_ctx which is freed so null pointer dereference occurs.

Affected versions

Linux: 9707a6254a8a6b978bde811a44fe07d86c229d1c through before 04cda0b5c4ca3f61cbc86e41ead3c462c8cfd659 (git); 9707a6254a8a6b978bde811a44fe07d86c229d1c through before 7cdbd7bb21949a8fda10c7104a2b12ee363cbf5c (git); 6.8 Fixed: See vendor advisory.

Why it matters

Review the vendor advisory and exposure of the affected product to determine operational impact.

Detection & mitigation

  • Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations.
  • Review affected product exposure and access logs.

Public PoC references

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