CVE-2026-31576

EUVD-2026-25469
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: hackrf: fix to not free memory after the device is registered in hackrf_probe()

In hackrf driver, the following race condition occurs:
```
		CPU0						CPU1
hackrf_probe()
  kzalloc(); // alloc hackrf_dev
  ....
  v4l2_device_register();
  ....
						fd = sys_open("/path/to/dev"); // open hackrf fd
						....
  v4l2_device_unregister();
  ....
  kfree(); // free hackrf_dev
  ....
						sys_ioctl(fd, ...);
						  v4l2_ioctl();
						    video_is_registered() // UAF!!
						....
						sys_close(fd);
						  v4l2_release() // UAF!!
						    hackrf_video_release()
						      kfree(); // DFB!!
```

When a V4L2 or video device is unregistered, the device node is removed so
new open() calls are blocked.

However, file descriptors that are already open-and any in-flight I/O-do
not terminate immediately; they remain valid until the last reference is
dropped and the driver's release() is invoked.

Therefore, freeing device memory on the error path after hackrf_probe()
has registered dev it will lead to a race to use-after-free vuln, since
those already-open handles haven't been released yet.

And since release() free memory too, race to use-after-free and
double-free vuln occur.

To prevent this, if device is registered from probe(), it should be
modified to free memory only through release() rather than calling
kfree() directly.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 2%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
𝑥
< 6.6.136
linuxlinux_kernel
6.7 ≤
𝑥
< 6.12.83
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13 ≤
𝑥
< 6.18.24
linuxlinux_kernel
6.19 ≤
𝑥
< 6.19.14
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0 ≤
𝑥
< 7.0.1
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.176-1
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.177-1
fixed
bullseye
vulnerable
bullseye (security)
5.10.259-1
fixed
forky
7.1.3-1
fixed
sid
7.1.4-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.94-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.96-1
fixed
linux-6.1
bullseye (security)
6.1.176-1~deb11u1
fixed
openSUSE logo
openSUSE / SLES Releases
openSUSE Product
Release
kernel-64kb
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
fixed
kernel-default
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
fixed
kernel-default-base
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.73.2.150700.17.41.4
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.73.2.150700.17.41.4
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.73.2.150700.17.41.4
fixed
kernel-obs-build
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
fixed
kernel-source
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
fixed
kernel-zfcpdump
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
fixed