CVE-2026-31578

media: as102: fix to not free memory after the device is registered in as102_usb_probe()

published April 24, 2026

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

media: as102: fix to not free memory after the device is registered in as102_usb_probe()

In as102_usb driver, the following race condition occurs:

```

CPU0 CPU1

as102_usb_probe()

kzalloc(); // alloc as102_dev_t

....

usb_register_dev();

fd = sys_open("/path/to/dev"); // open as102 fd

....

usb_deregister_dev();

....

kfree(); // free as102_dev_t

....

sys_close(fd);

as102_release() // UAF!!

as102_usb_release()

kfree(); // DFB!!

```

When a USB character device registered with usb_register_dev() is later

unregistered (via usb_deregister_dev() or disconnect), the device node is

removed so new open() calls fail. However, file descriptors that are

already open do not go away immediately: they remain valid until the last

reference is dropped and the driver's .release() is invoked.

In as102, as102_usb_probe() calls usb_register_dev() and then, on an

error path, does usb_deregister_dev() and frees as102_dev_t right away.

If userspace raced a successful open() before the deregistration, that

open FD will later hit as102_release() --> as102_usb_release() and access

or free as102_dev_t again, occur a race to use-after-free and

double-free vuln.

The fix is to never kfree(as102_dev_t) directly once usb_register_dev()

has succeeded. After deregistration, defer freeing memory to .release().

In other words, let release() perform the last kfree when the final open

FD is closed.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00174 · 6.5th percentile
Published
2026-04-24T14:42Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 APR 14:42Z
    media: as102: fix to not free memory after the device is registered in as102_usb_probe()
    cvelistv5