CVE-2026-23253

HIGH

media: dvb-core: fix wrong reinitialization of ringbuffer on reopen

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: dvb-core: fix wrong reinitialization of ringbuffer on reopen dvb_dvr_open() calls dvb_ringbuffer_init() when a new reader opens the DVR device. dvb_ringbuffer_init() calls init_waitqueue_head(), which reinitializes the waitqueue list head to empty. Since dmxdev->dvr_buffer.queue is a shared waitqueue (all opens of the same DVR device share it), this orphans any existing waitqueue entries from io_uring poll or epoll, leaving them with stale prev/next pointers while the list head is reset to {self, self}. The waitqueue and spinlock in dvr_buffer are already properly initialized once in dvb_dmxdev_init(). The open path only needs to reset the buffer data pointer, size, and read/write positions. Replace the dvb_ringbuffer_init() call in dvb_dvr_open() with direct assignment of data/size and a call to dvb_ringbuffer_reset(), which properly resets pread, pwrite, and error with correct memory ordering without touching the waitqueue or spinlock.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 4.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (24)
linux/Kernel 2.6.17 - 6.1.167linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.17linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.7linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.130linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.77linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.17
Linux/Linux 2.6.17
Linux/Linux 34731df288a5ffe4b0c396caf8cd24c6a710a222 - 32eb8e4adc207ef31bc6e5ae56bab940b0176066
Linux/Linux 34731df288a5ffe4b0c396caf8cd24c6a710a222 - 527cfa8a3486b3555c5c15e2f62be484a11398dc
Linux/Linux 34731df288a5ffe4b0c396caf8cd24c6a710a222 - af050ab44fa1b1897a940d7d756e512232f5e5df
... and 14 more
Published Mar 18, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 18, 2026