# CVE-2026-89891: media: em28xx: fix use-after-free of dev\_next-\>devlist on disconnect

- 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 f410b4093fdd4d8f4644d3d486afe3040eceef7b, fixed in f61720346fdcc1a2deec59a2f6cbb0cc20d1dc18; from f410b4093fdd4d8f4644d3d486afe3040eceef7b, fixed in 1ed575b1991f68569eb589b7747d3bc26aa6a8a2; from f410b4093fdd4d8f4644d3d486afe3040eceef7b, fixed in da4b07da6281e39ce4c01e1227e036f3bf600e14; from f410b4093fdd4d8f4644d3d486afe3040eceef7b, fixed in 20aacd87550be297dc39a3f9532dcfff91586510; from f410b4093fdd4d8f4644d3d486afe3040eceef7b, fixed in 20c2c65f3d9f7c278dc9750531d3201ac8bf78b7; from f410b4093fdd4d8f4644d3d486afe3040eceef7b, fixed in 0782807552b6aff41b4656c6c9076a3231d3e79d; from f410b4093fdd4d8f4644d3d486afe3040eceef7b, fixed in 16cb1ee17e093175b4d9ae33202f68e5b108cca2; from f410b4093fdd4d8f4644d3d486afe3040eceef7b, fixed in 826915b6b65e2d3251e7248ea54289a22d748c84
- Linux: 4.17
- Kernel (Linux): from 4.17.0, 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: em28xx: fix use-after-free of dev_next->devlist on disconnect When a device with has_dual_ts=1 is probed and the is_audio_only path is taken, both dev and dev->dev_next are added to the global em28xx_devlist via em28xx_init_extension(). However, during disconnect, em28xx_close_extension(dev) only calls list_del(&dev->devlist), leaving dev->dev_next->devlist still linked in the global list. When dev_next is subsequently freed via kref_put(), its devlist entry becomes a dangling pointer in em28xx_devlist. The next device probe that calls em28xx_init_extension() triggers a list corruption BUG when list_add_tail detects the freed node. This bug was exposed by commit a368ecde8a50 ("USB: core: Fix duplicate endpoint bug by clearing reserved bits in the descriptor") which clears reserved bits in bEndpointAddress during endpoint parsing. This causes fuzzed endpoint addresses like 0xf3 to be normalized to 0x83, which em28xx interprets as a vendor audio endpoint, enabling the is_audio_only + has_dual_ts code path that was previously unreachable with such descriptors. Fix this by removing dev->dev_next->devlist from the global list in em28xx_close_extension() before the device is freed.

## 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/f61720346fdcc1a2deec59a2f6cbb0cc20d1dc18
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ed575b1991f68569eb589b7747d3bc26aa6a8a2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da4b07da6281e39ce4c01e1227e036f3bf600e14
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20aacd87550be297dc39a3f9532dcfff91586510
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20c2c65f3d9f7c278dc9750531d3201ac8bf78b7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0782807552b6aff41b4656c6c9076a3231d3e79d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16cb1ee17e093175b4d9ae33202f68e5b108cca2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/826915b6b65e2d3251e7248ea54289a22d748c84

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