CVE-2026-23253CWE-665

CVE-2026-23253

High · published March 18, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

media: dvb-core: fix wrong reinitialization of ringbuffer on reopen

dvb_dvr_open() calls dvb_ringbuffer_init() when a new reader opens the

DVR device. dvb_ringbuffer_init() calls init_waitqueue_head(), which

reinitializes the waitqueue list head to empty.

Since dmxdev->dvr_buffer.queue is a shared waitqueue (all opens of the

same DVR device share it), this orphans any existing waitqueue entries

from io_uring poll or epoll, leaving them with stale prev/next pointers

while the list head is reset to {self, self}.

The waitqueue and spinlock in dvr_buffer are already properly

initialized once in dvb_dmxdev_init(). The open path only needs to

reset the buffer data pointer, size, and read/write positions.

Replace the dvb_ringbuffer_init() call in dvb_dvr_open() with direct

assignment of data/size and a call to dvb_ringbuffer_reset(), which

properly resets pread, pwrite, and error with correct memory ordering

without touching the waitqueue or spinlock.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00137 · 2.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-665 · Improper Initialization
Published
2026-03-18T22:16Z
Affected products (8)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 2.6.17, < 5.10.2535.10.253
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.2035.15.203
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.1676.1.167
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.1306.6.130
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.776.12.77
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.176.18.17
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 6.19.76.19.7
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
References (9)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 MAR 17:01Z
    media: dvb-core: fix wrong reinitialization of ringbuffer on reopen
    cvelistv5