CVE-2026-89870 Affecting linux-6.12 package, versions <6.12.111-1~deb12u1
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- published5 Oct 2026
- disclosed16 Sept 2026
Introduced: 16 Sep 2026
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Upgrade Debian:12 linux-6.12 to version 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-6.12 package and not the linux-6.12 package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: zoran: Avoid freeing a registered video_device twice
zoran_init_video_device() installs zoran_vdev_release() as the video_device release callback through zoran_template. After video_register_device() succeeds, video_unregister_device() drops the registered video_device reference and the V4L2 core eventually invokes that release callback, which kfree()s the video_device.
zoran_exit_video_devices() called video_unregister_device() and then kfree(zr->video_dev), so device teardown could free the same video_device twice.
Remove the direct kfree() and clear the cached pointer after unregistering. The pre-registration failure path keeps its manual free because the video_device was not registered there.
This issue was found by a static analysis checker and confirmed by manual source review.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-89870
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0735e0b5a96761a9ce277a238e834008ad92a0a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ad6cf27505017a6794f5f96c31218c2291e951b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d99d8d0d895489064783601a516bd45812fa992
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/672dbccf4351370dad002d3c78dbb29ca1588f22
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4acac8cdc005b2d14b6cef5e215d264212857f3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1c4f3885df1f09bcab5296d86834d104f865e86