Kernel crash via duplicated ov7740 control teardown
Published Sep 16, 2026 · Updated Sep 16, 2026
Use-after-destroy in the Linux ov7740 camera driver allows attackers to crash the kernel during device removal. The ov7740_remove() path destroys the mutex and frees the V4L2 control handler before ov7740_free_controls() repeats both operations, leaving cleanup code to use a destroyed lock and double-free resources. The trigger is teardown of an ov7740 device; the documented consequence is a kernel panic, with no published unprivileged or remote path.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-destroy in the Linux ov7740 camera driver allows attackers to crash the kernel during device removal. The ov7740_remove() path destroys the mutex and frees the V4L2 control handler before ov7740_free_controls() repeats both operations, leaving cleanup code to use a destroyed lock and double-free resources. The trigger is teardown of an ov7740 device; the documented consequence is a kernel panic, with no published unprivileged or remote path.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-89887
- Published
- Sep 16, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Sep 16, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 16, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=39c5c4471b8d793daf868bd004e56ed420e89707 <09453b467990e8ef8fe09f45a685f9a625248d33
- Affected versionversion=39c5c4471b8d793daf868bd004e56ed420e89707 <25e2505866c577db2661e4d431f0907c6ec9a3b4
- Affected versionversion=39c5c4471b8d793daf868bd004e56ed420e89707 <5d1b3dea5a44124bab6c14a2d71b977dabed54e7
- Affected versionversion=39c5c4471b8d793daf868bd004e56ed420e89707 <7512838a19af0a284a58435292243fad21e57ff1
- Affected versionversion=39c5c4471b8d793daf868bd004e56ed420e89707 <81e9765878d3ac8ad18e3a683332b5d6bc3a0e33
- Affected versionversion=39c5c4471b8d793daf868bd004e56ed420e89707 <8a02ee6c1c4e88f3a0442bd60d3c77db9a30db5e
- Affected versionversion=39c5c4471b8d793daf868bd004e56ed420e89707 <9e4693436c7dcf8584002500ce4b434b79bbf9ed
- Affected versionversion=39c5c4471b8d793daf868bd004e56ed420e89707 <af81f35e4f429e769b784754e1aa4d7a922470ac
- Affected versionversion=4.16
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