CVE-2026-72073 - Vulnerability Details

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b82af744e06cd741938c3da54fdbe564a7e52d9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/618cf6b139503ec18ef93ffd663396aaf99b763a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3b5f242997a3be7404112fd48784881560aea57

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Weaknesses		CWE-416

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Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmc: vub300: fix use-after-free on probe failure The vub300 driver lifetime-manages its controller state using vub300->kref, with vub300_delete() freeing the mmc host when the last reference is dropped. The probe error path after the inactivity timer has been armed still bypasses that lifetime rule, however, and falls through to mmc_free_host() directly if mmc_add_host() fails. The race window is between arming the inactivity timer and reaching the probe error unwind after mmc_add_host() fails: probe thread timer/workqueue ------------ --------------- kref_init(&vub300->kref) ref = 1 kref_get(&vub300->kref) ref = 2, timer ref add_timer(inactivity_timer) fires after one second \| \| race window \|<----------------------------------------------------> \| mmc_add_host(mmc) inactivity timer fires vub300_queue_dead_work() kref_get() ref = 3 queue_work(deadwork) mmc_add_host() fails timer_delete_sync() mmc_free_host(mmc) frees vub300 deadwork runs use-after-free The inactivity timeout is one second, so this would require mmc_add_host() to both fail and take more than one second to do so. This is unlikely to happen in practice, but the error path is still wrong. timer_delete_sync() only waits for the timer callback itself. It does not flush deadwork that the callback may already have queued. As a result, queued deadwork can still hold a kref while the probe error path directly frees the backing mmc host, including the vub300 storage. Fix this by using the same lifetime mechanism as disconnect. Clear vub300->interface so that the timer callback and any queued deadwork return early and drop their references, then drop the initial probe reference and return without falling through to err_free_host.
Title		mmc: vub300: fix use-after-free on probe failure
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b82af744e06cd741938c3da54fdbe564a7e52d9 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/618cf6b139503ec18ef93ffd663396aaf99b763a https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3b5f242997a3be7404112fd48784881560aea57

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