# CVE-2023-52445: media: pvrusb2: fix use after free on context disconnection

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-02-22 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.26

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: pvrusb2: fix use after free on context disconnection Upon module load, a kthread is created targeting the pvr2_context_thread_func function, which may call pvr2_context_destroy and thus call kfree() on the context object. However, that might happen before the usb hub_event handler is able to notify the driver. This patch adds a sanity check before the invalid read reported by syzbot, within the context disconnection call stack.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec36c134dd020d28e312c2f1766f85525e747aab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47aa8fcd5e8b5563af4042a00f25ba89bef8f33d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3233d8bf7893550045682192cb227af7fa3defeb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec3634ebe23fc3c44ebc67c6d25917300bc68c08
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30773ea47d41773f9611ffb4ebc9bda9d19a9e7e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cf0005d315549b8d2b940ff96a66c2a889aa795
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/437b5f57732bb4cc32cc9f8895d2010ee9ff521c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ded85b0c0edd8f45fec88783d7555a5b982449c1

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