CVE-2026-31578

EUVD-2026-25471
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: as102: fix to not free memory after the device is registered in as102_usb_probe()

In as102_usb driver, the following race condition occurs:
```
		CPU0						CPU1
as102_usb_probe()
  kzalloc(); // alloc as102_dev_t
  ....
  usb_register_dev();
						fd = sys_open("/path/to/dev"); // open as102 fd
						....
  usb_deregister_dev();
  ....
  kfree(); // free as102_dev_t
  ....
						sys_close(fd);
						  as102_release() // UAF!!
						    as102_usb_release()
						      kfree(); // DFB!!
```

When a USB character device registered with usb_register_dev() is later
unregistered (via usb_deregister_dev() or disconnect), the device node is
removed so new open() calls fail. However, file descriptors that are
already open do not go away immediately: they remain valid until the last
reference is dropped and the driver's .release() is invoked.

In as102, as102_usb_probe() calls usb_register_dev() and then, on an
error path, does usb_deregister_dev() and frees as102_dev_t right away.
If userspace raced a successful open() before the deregistration, that
open FD will later hit as102_release() --> as102_usb_release() and access
or free as102_dev_t again, occur a race to use-after-free and
double-free vuln.

The fix is to never kfree(as102_dev_t) directly once usb_register_dev()
has succeeded. After deregistration, defer freeing memory to .release().

In other words, let release() perform the last kfree when the final open
FD is closed.
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
Azure Linux logo
Azure Linux Releases
Azure Package
Release
kernel
Azure Linux 3.0
0:6.6.137.1-1.azl3
fixed