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TI-2026-50353 Aliases CVE-2026-72073GHSA-2w4f-22fv-v9w4

mmc: vub300: fix use-after-free on probe failure

Priority LOW 22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
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Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmc: vub300: fix use-after-free on probe failure The vub300 driver lifetime-manages its controller state using vub300->kref, with vub300_delete() freeing the mmc host when the last reference is dropped. The probe error path after the inactivity timer has been armed still bypasses that lifetime rule, however, and falls through to mmc_free_host() directly if mmc_add_host() fails. The race window is between arming the inactivity timer and reaching the probe error unwind after mmc_add_host() fails: probe thread timer/workqueue ------------ --------------- kref_init(&vub300->kref) ref = 1 kref_get(&vub300->kref) ref = 2, timer ref add_timer(inactivity_timer) fires after one second | | race window |<----------------------------------------------------> | mmc_add_host(mmc) inactivity timer fires vub300_queue_dead_work() kref_get() ref = 3 queue_work(deadwork) mmc_add_host() fails timer_delete_sync() mmc_free_host(mmc) frees vub300 deadwork runs use-after-free The inactivity timeout is one second, so this would require mmc_add_host() to both fail and take more than one second to do so. This is unlikely to happen in practice, but the error path is still wrong. timer_delete_sync() only waits for the timer callback itself. It does not flush deadwork that the callback may already have queued. As a result, queued deadwork can still hold a kref while the probe error path directly frees the backing mmc host, including the vub300 storage. Fix this by using the same lifetime mechanism as disconnect. Clear vub300->interface so that the timer callback and any queued deadwork return early and drop their references, then drop the initial probe reference and return without falling through to err_free_host.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00219 12th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 4.10, 4.15, 4.20 +10Red Hat: 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

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Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux4.9.337 to before 4.10; 4.14.303 to before 4.15; 4.19.270 to before 4.20; 5.4.229 to before 5.5; 5.10.163 to before 5.11; 5.15.86 to before 5.16; 6.0.16 to before 6.1; 6.1.2 to before 6.24.10, 4.15, 4.20, 5.5, 5.11, 5.16, 6.1, 6.2Patch availableCNA
LinuxLinux6.2 and later6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.42, 7.1.5, 7.2Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.9.337 to before 4.10; 4.14.303 to before 4.15; 4.19.270 to before 4.20; 5.4.229 to before 5.5; 5.10.163 to before 5.11; 5.15.86 to before 5.16; 6.0.16 to before 6.1; 6.1.2 to before 6.2 Fixed in 4.10, 4.15, 4.20, 5.5, 5.11, 5.16, 6.1, 6.2 Patch available CNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.2 and later Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.42, 7.1.5, 7.2 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.10, 4.15, 4.20, 5.5, 5.11, 5.16, 6.1, 6.2
  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.42, 7.1.5, 7.2

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet
Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72073
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2w4f-22fv-v9w4
  3. 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@6c66653dac9b25272d5fd4ed42a34aa5249e16df +1 · CNA
  4. 2026-10-21 2 new references · CNA
  5. 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  6. 2026-10-30 CVSS score changed · Red Hat
  7. 2026-10-31 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  8. 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-02452 Incorrect authorization in Ubuntu linux kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
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