CVE-2026-89888
7.8 HIGHPublished 2026-09-16 · Updated 2026-09-16
AI risk analysis
- Summary
- This vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ov02a10 driver leads to a use-after-free condition and potential probe failure, due to improper handling of endpoint parsing and property reading.
- Exploitability
- Exploitation requires access to the affected I2C device and knowledge of the specific property handling. The vulnerability is not easily exploitable without detailed knowledge of the device configuration.
- Blast radius
- If exploited, the impact is limited to the affected device and could result in probe failures, potentially disrupting camera functionality or other I2C-based operations.
- Detection
- No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.
- Prioritized remediation
- Upgrade to the fixed version 5.19.13 or later.
Analysis generated locally by qwen2.5:7b-instruct (no data left the box). AI-assisted — verify against primary sources before acting.
NVD description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c: ov02a10: fix endpoint parsing use-after-free The ov02a10_check_hwcfg() function calls fwnode_handle_put(ep) immediately after allocating and parsing the endpoint. However, it subsequently calls fwnode_property_read_u32() using the same 'ep' handle, leading to a potential use-after-free. Additionally, reading the optional 'ovti,mipi-clock-voltage' property used to overwrite the 'ret' variable. If the property was missing, 'ret' would become negative, and this failure code would be incorrectly returned at the end of the function, causing probe to fail entirely. Fix the use-after-free by moving fwnode_property_read_u32() before the endpoint is parsed and freed. Avoid the error leak by not assigning the result of fwnode_property_read_u32() to 'ret'.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/213b2489130357c8d3e8d4fb2bdab88791ce3185
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c2988bf1ad2753240a38db10ce23e87ec542f8f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e13784452785cd8402b228bea53bc6a027ade84
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ddb3b69f67b0632ff3830da18de3e8dcaf5884b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90f9b421fc6d4f2edab7521efdb1e58571468d33
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94971ba0592ca77ec99b292226a4b398763315b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9de48ba68f56de9fe20ebd3f9728d22af25f9a91
Data: NVD (public domain). Analysis: local $0 model. Defensive use only.