media: cobalt: Avoid freeing ALSA private data twice
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.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.12.110, 6.18.51, 6.6.157, 7.2.5
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-89895
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 01:32 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
media: cobalt: Avoid freeing ALSA private data twice
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 16 Sept 2026, 10:31 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2026-89895
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.51, 7.2.5
Complete source record
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