media: cobalt: Avoid freeing ALSA private data twice
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
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: cobalt: Avoid freeing ALSA private data twice snd_cobalt_card_create() stores cobsc in sc->private_data and installs snd_cobalt_card_private_free() as sc->private_free. From that point, snd_card_free(sc) releases cobsc through the ALSA card cleanup path. If cobalt_alsa_init() fails after snd_cobalt_card_create(), the err_exit_free path calls snd_card_free(sc) and then kfree(cobsc). That second free releases the same object again. Remove the explicit kfree(cobsc) and leave ownership with the ALSA card. This issue was found by a static analysis checker and confirmed by manual source review.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
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 →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- 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-2026-89895
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r63g-3mcq-69jv
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75bbf45e3a954e292ae26832d2df40ca2e3ee452
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe65028ee72a7e07e572b351891bd7a1f8917d33
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61dfa8ded5efc3a25d331fa9ce5cebb85531fe70
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42e00371f83c3fc7b99a36bf0229c74ad5d3c7d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cbc8a73b3464ebeccc49987b7233b6b087b8504
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb1218da234ea15fa14d90e2d049d686874d7aa3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c6610e230b9355cf7df5a338a0592c0f088c00b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a7d6b9c4cb5ac18cbd3f1c7f8c7b159c42ba0b1
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89895 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89895 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r63g-3mcq-69jv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89895 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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