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CVE-2026-31473

high

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mc, v4l2: serialize REINIT and REQBUFS with req_queue_mutex MEDIA_REQUEST_IOC_REIN…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mc, v4l2: serialize REINIT and REQBUFS with req_queue_mutex MEDIA_REQUEST_IOC_REINIT can run concurrently with VIDIOC_REQBUFS(0) queue teardown paths. This can race request object cleanup against vb2 queue cancellation and lead to use-after-free reports. We already serialize request queueing against STREAMON/OFF with req_queue_mutex. Extend that serialization to REQBUFS, and also take the same mutex in media_request_ioctl_reinit() so REINIT is in the same exclusion domain. This keeps request cleanup and queue cancellation from running in parallel for request-capable devices.

CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-04-22 14:16
Modified: 2026-11-11 23:10
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 3 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-11 23:12 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel ≥4.20.1 <5.10.253, ≥5.11 <5.15.203, ≥5.16 <6.1.168, ≥6.2 <6.6.131, ≥6.7 <6.12.80, ≥6.13 <6.18.21

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a0d9083c24fbd5d22f7100f09d11e4d696a5f01
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c685e99efb3b3bd2b78699fba6b1cf321975db0
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/331242998a7ade5c2f65e14988901614629f3db5
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/585fd9a2063dacce8b2820f675ef23d5d17434c5
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72b9e81e0203f03c40f3adb457f55bd4c8eb112d
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bef4f4a88b73e4cc550d25f665b8a9952af22773
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf2023e84f0888f96f4b65dc0804e7f3651969c1
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8549a453d5bdc0a71de66ad47a1106703406a56

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-11 23:12 UTC · record ↗

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