CVE-2026-97513 is a vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Published on September 24, 2026
media: chips-media: wave5: Release m2m_ctx after Instance Removed from List
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: chips-media: wave5: Release m2m_ctx after Instance Removed from List
Possible use after free if IRQ thread manages to obtain spinlock between
m2m_ctx release and wave5_release function removing stream instance from
list of active instances. The IRQ thread looks for the m2m_ctx which is
freed so null pointer dereference occurs.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-97513
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Affected Versions
Linux:- Version 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and below 04cda0b5c4ca3f61cbc86e41ead3c462c8cfd659 is affected.
- Version 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and below 7cdbd7bb21949a8fda10c7104a2b12ee363cbf5c is affected.
- Before 6.18.53 is affected.
- Version 6.18.53, <= 6.18.* is unaffected.
- Version 7.2, <= * is unaffected.