media: intel/ipu6: fix async notifier cleanup leak on parse error
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: intel/ipu6: fix async notifier cleanup leak on parse error isys_notifier_init() calls v4l2_async_nf_init() and then adds fwnode remote subdevs in a loop with v4l2_async_nf_add_fwnode_remote(). If an endpoint parse or add fails partway through the loop, it jumps to err_parse and returns without calling v4l2_async_nf_cleanup(), leaking every v4l2_async_connection already added to the notifier's waiting list. The register-failure path just below already cleans up correctly, and the caller only tears the notifier down (isys_notifier_cleanup()) once isys_notifier_init() has returned success. Clean up the notifier on the parse error path too.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.12.110, 6.18.51, 7.2.5
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-89886
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 5 Nov 2026, 09:59 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
media: intel/ipu6: fix async notifier cleanup leak on parse error
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 16 Sept 2026, 10:31 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: intel/ipu6: fix async notifier cleanup leak on parse error isys_notifier_init() calls v4l2_async_nf_init() and then adds fwnode remote subdevs in a loop with v4l2_async_nf_add_fwnode_remote(). If an endpoint parse or add fails partway through the loop, it jumps to err_parse and returns without calling v4l2_async_nf_cleanup(), leaking every v4l2_async_connection already added to the notifier's waiting list. The register-failure path just below already cleans up correctly, and the caller only tears the notifier down (isys_notifier_cleanup()) once isys_notifier_init() has returned success. Clean up the notifier on the parse error path too.
osv:CVE-2026-89886
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.12.110, 6.18.51, 7.2.5
Complete source record
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