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media: v4l2-async: Unregister sub-device if asc_list is empty

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: v4l2-async: Unregister sub-device if asc_list is empty When my em28xx USB device that uses the i2c tvp5150 driver is disconnected, it crashes. The cause is that the tvp5150 i2c module uses v4l2_async, but the em28xx driver does not since it predates v4l2_async. In that corner case sd->asc_list is empty, so v4l2_async_unregister_subdev() never calls v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(). Modify the code so that, if sd->asc_list is empty, v4l2_device_unregister_subdev() is still called.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.12.110, 6.18.52, 6.6.157, 7.2.6
CVEs
CVE-2026-93101
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 20:18 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

media: v4l2-async: Unregister sub-device if asc_list is empty

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Sept 2026, 16:11 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: v4l2-async: Unregister sub-device if asc_list is empty When my em28xx USB device that uses the i2c tvp5150 driver is disconnected, it crashes. The cause is that the tvp5150 i2c module uses v4l2_async, but the em28xx driver does not since it predates v4l2_async. In that corner case sd->asc_list is empty, so v4l2_async_unregister_subdev() never calls v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(). Modify the code so that, if sd->asc_list is empty, v4l2_device_unregister_subdev() is still called.

osv:CVE-2026-93101

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6

Complete source record
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