CVE-2026-89870: Linux kernel · media: zoran: Avoid freeing a registered video_device twice
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High · fixed in f1c4f3885df1f09bcab5296d86834d104f865e86 : patch Linux kernel soon.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 16:33 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (Linux) | CVSS 3.1 | 7.8 |
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- Patch
- Available – fixed in f1c4f3885df1f09bcab5296d86834d104f865e86, c4acac8cdc005b2d14b6cef5e215d264212857f3, 29792762e65d4eefbe75b6048c59763fd844191a +9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 16 Sep 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
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| LinuxLinux | Affected
| Fixed in
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| LinuxLinux | Affected
| Fixed in– |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: zoran: Avoid freeing a registered video_device twice zoran_init_video_device() installs zoran_vdev_release() as the video_device release callback through zoran_template. After video_register_device() succeeds, video_unregister_device() drops the registered video_device reference and the V4L2 core eventually invokes that release callback, which kfree()s the video_device. zoran_exit_video_devices() called video_unregister_device() and then kfree(zr->video_dev), so device teardown could free the same video_device twice. Remove the direct kfree() and clear the cached pointer after unregistering. The pre-registration failure path keeps its manual free because the video_device was not registered there. This issue was found by a static analysis checker and confirmed by manual source review.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89870 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0735e0b5a96761a9ce277a238e834008ad92a0a5 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/29792762e65d4eefbe75b6048c59763fd844191a (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ad6cf27505017a6794f5f96c31218c2291e951b (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d99d8d0d895489064783601a516bd45812fa992 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/672dbccf4351370dad002d3c78dbb29ca1588f22 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/99277a387802eb6c1907c73f09d746908cc64913 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4acac8cdc005b2d14b6cef5e215d264212857f3 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1c4f3885df1f09bcab5296d86834d104f865e86 (opens in a new tab)