Skip to content
7.8 High

CVE-2026-23253 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: dvb-core: fix wrong reinitialization of…

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.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Linux 7.0 earliest → < 7.0 7.0
Linux 6.19 earliest → < 6.19.7 6.19.7
Linux 6.18 earliest → < 6.18.17 6.18.17
Linux 6.12 earliest → < 6.12.77 6.12.77
Linux 6.6 earliest → < 6.6.130 6.6.130
Linux 6.1 earliest → < 6.1.167 6.1.167
Linux 5.15 earliest → < 5.15.203 5.15.203
Linux 5.10 earliest → < 5.10.253 5.10.253
Linux 2.6.17 No fix stated
Show the other branch
Product Affected versions Fixed in
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem Versions not published
The 18286 CVEs of Linux →
Track this CVE