# CVE-2026-89881: media: rtl2832\_sdr: use vb2\_video\_unregister\_device() on remove to fix DMA leak

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, and 2 more
- Published: 2026-09-16 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b, fixed in 234c46b95a032232e31fa5987b84fb8f87a9693b; from 771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b, fixed in 034b6a4f9589c04bc3f2bd5125658cd72d3e17c8; from 771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b, fixed in 0ef9f19010ae4ba93aca211ea8f0081b9bf7aab2; from 771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b, fixed in 053581d4657c6b5289c5de71a4828d313c005189; from 771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b, fixed in bbf15e83c37d9ac938b7c35c02b748fe54230010; from 771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b, fixed in 7443b16b6dd8889a3b9c5236a09e7c58f0d11dae; from 771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b, fixed in a0d9d9a3b41a1346c26af57aade6ba3f552fa171; from 771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b, fixed in dabb047c62668f280998e29117c55e41aabac336
- Linux: 3.15
- Kernel (Linux): from 3.15.0, fixed in 5.10.270; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.221; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.188; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.157; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.110; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.51; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: rtl2832_sdr: use vb2_video_unregister_device() on remove to fix DMA leak rtl2832_sdr_remove() runs on USB disconnect and clears dev->udev to NULL before any pending streaming teardown has run. When user space later closes its file descriptor, vb2 calls rtl2832_sdr_stop_streaming() which in turn calls rtl2832_sdr_free_stream_bufs(). That helper releases each coherent buffer with: usb_free_coherent(dev->udev, dev->buf_size, dev->buf_list[dev->buf_num], dev->dma_addr[dev->buf_num]); usb_free_coherent() returns immediately when its dev argument is NULL, so every DMA stream buffer that was live at disconnect is silently leaked. The URBs allocated in rtl2832_sdr_alloc_urbs() outlive the device for the same reason. The rtl2832_sdr driver uses vb2_fop_release() in its file_operations, so replace video_unregister_device(&dev->vdev) with vb2_video_unregister_device(&dev->vdev) and move it before clearing dev->udev. vb2_video_unregister_device() releases the vb2 queue, which synchronously runs rtl2832_sdr_stop_streaming() if streaming is active, so URBs and coherent DMA stream buffers are freed while dev->udev is still valid. vb2_video_unregister_device() locks vdev->queue->lock (vb_queue_lock) internally, and stop_streaming() locks v4l2_lock, so the previous outer mutex_lock(&dev->vb_queue_lock) / mutex_lock(&dev->v4l2_lock) pair around the unregister sequence would self-deadlock and has been removed. A short v4l2_lock critical section around dev->udev = NULL remains so any ioctl path that still holds the file descriptor sees coherent state. Issue identified by automated review of the INV-003 series at https://sashiko.dev/

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/234c46b95a032232e31fa5987b84fb8f87a9693b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/034b6a4f9589c04bc3f2bd5125658cd72d3e17c8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ef9f19010ae4ba93aca211ea8f0081b9bf7aab2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/053581d4657c6b5289c5de71a4828d313c005189
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbf15e83c37d9ac938b7c35c02b748fe54230010
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7443b16b6dd8889a3b9c5236a09e7c58f0d11dae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0d9d9a3b41a1346c26af57aade6ba3f552fa171
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dabb047c62668f280998e29117c55e41aabac336

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