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