CVE-2026-31473

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: mc, v4l2: serialize REINIT and REQBUFS with req_queue_mutex

MEDIA_REQUEST_IOC_REINIT can run concurrently with VIDIOC_REQBUFS(0) queue teardown paths. This can race request object cleanup against vb2 queue cancellation and lead to use-after-free reports.

We already serialize request queueing against STREAMON/OFF with req_queue_mutex. Extend that serialization to REQBUFS, and also take the same mutex in media_request_ioctl_reinit() so REINIT is in the same exclusion domain.

This keeps request cleanup and queue cancellation from running in parallel for request-capable devices.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux6093d3002eabd7c2913d97f1d1f4ce34b072acf9 < 331242998a7ade5c2f65e14988901614629f3db5affected
LinuxLinux6093d3002eabd7c2913d97f1d1f4ce34b072acf9 < 2c685e99efb3b3bd2b78699fba6b1cf321975db0affected
LinuxLinux6093d3002eabd7c2913d97f1d1f4ce34b072acf9 < 585fd9a2063dacce8b2820f675ef23d5d17434c5affected
LinuxLinux6093d3002eabd7c2913d97f1d1f4ce34b072acf9 < 1a0d9083c24fbd5d22f7100f09d11e4d696a5f01affected
LinuxLinux6093d3002eabd7c2913d97f1d1f4ce34b072acf9 < d8549a453d5bdc0a71de66ad47a1106703406a56affected
LinuxLinux6093d3002eabd7c2913d97f1d1f4ce34b072acf9 < 72b9e81e0203f03c40f3adb457f55bd4c8eb112daffected
LinuxLinux6093d3002eabd7c2913d97f1d1f4ce34b072acf9 < cf2023e84f0888f96f4b65dc0804e7f3651969c1affected
LinuxLinux6093d3002eabd7c2913d97f1d1f4ce34b072acf9 < bef4f4a88b73e4cc550d25f665b8a9952af22773affected
LinuxLinux4.20affected
LinuxLinux0 < 4.20unaffected
LinuxLinux5.10.253 <= 5.10.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.15.203 <= 5.15.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1.168 <= 6.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.6.131 <= 6.6.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.12.80 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.21 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.19.11 <= 6.19.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.0 <= *unaffected

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