# CVE-2026-89522: media: staging/ipu7: fix async notifier UAF on probe error path

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.50, 7.2.4
- Published: 2026-09-11 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from a516d36bdc3d8373f904af57c95e76d6f921cf1c, fixed in 2a8dd9fd12f3f6b21207cec8f50c92cd428e6b81; from a516d36bdc3d8373f904af57c95e76d6f921cf1c, fixed in 323c411fb63122e8cef5b833032d69d59a838559; from a516d36bdc3d8373f904af57c95e76d6f921cf1c, fixed in d7f48aa7d60c65d3e6d5312c27f17d5525a245fb
- Linux: 6.17
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.17.0, fixed in 6.18.50; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: staging/ipu7: fix async notifier UAF on probe error path isys_register_devices() registers the V4L2 async notifier via isys_notifier_init(). If a subsequent probe step such as isys_fw_log_init() fails, isys_probe() jumps to the out_cleanup label which only calls isys_unregister_devices(). That helper tears down the video devices, subdevices, V4L2 device and media device, but never unregisters or cleans up the async notifier. As a result the notifier stays chained in the global notifier_list while the enclosing struct ipu7_isys is freed by devres, leading to list corruption and a use-after-free the next time the list is walked. The remove path already does the right thing by calling isys_notifier_cleanup() before isys_unregister_devices(). Mirror that on the probe error path so the notifier is unregistered and cleaned up before the device is torn down.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a8dd9fd12f3f6b21207cec8f50c92cd428e6b81
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/323c411fb63122e8cef5b833032d69d59a838559
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7f48aa7d60c65d3e6d5312c27f17d5525a245fb

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