media: cx23885: cancel NetUP CI work before teardown
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: cx23885: cancel NetUP CI work before teardown netup_ci_exit() frees a netup_ci_state while its work item, netup_read_ci_status(), may still be pending or running on the system workqueue. The worker obtains the state with container_of() and dereferences it, so it must not outlive the state. netup_ci_init() queues the initial status read, and CI GPIO interrupts subsequently queue the same work from netup_ci_slot_status(). During remove, cx23885_finidev() calls free_irq() before the CI device is unregistered. free_irq() prevents further IRQ handlers from running, but does not drain work queued previously, so the worker can run after netup_ci_exit() frees the state. Call cancel_work_sync() before dvb_ca_en50221_release() and kfree(). This issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 2.6.30 and later | 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.51, 7.2.5, 7.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 2.6.30 and later Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.51, 7.2.5, 7.3 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.51, 7.2.5, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89893
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8263-vr49-mgcg
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-01 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-01 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaf76794b870b0f391eff339252a2e2e22f33a4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7ff5adb63c1b277565afa54ccc0924d841b4a52
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/140ecbcbf978fbe60f83f8d4f8b1199029a5c763
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec82b0cf7f75fd95802592dcc9560fc7f529bba4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5deec890ecfa04d21cfa9bb9a2fe5e9dc98db5c5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf3f49273d5bf6acbdad18ff44c01ffcf7a7a146
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99cd62b9b1c818d6d01a87be9a8e5796314150a2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e143d662ca94888b494b2427fc9e34494eb933a
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89893 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89893 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8263-vr49-mgcg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89893 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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