CVE-2026-46058: media: amphion: Fix race between m2m job_abort and device_run

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-05-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-362

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: amphion: Fix race between m2m job_abort and device_run Fix kernel panic caused by race condition where v4l2_m2m_ctx_release() frees m2m_ctx while v4l2_m2m_try_run() is about to call device_run with the same context. Race sequence: v4l2_m2m_try_run(): v4l2_m2m_ctx_release(): lock/unlock v4l2_m2m_cancel_job() job_abort() v4l2_m2m_job_finish() kfree(m2m_ctx) <- frees ctx device_run() <- use-after-free crash at 0x538 Crash trace: Unable to handle kernel read from unreadable memory at virtual address 0000000000000538 v4l2_m2m_try_run+0x78/0x138 v4l2_m2m_device_run_work+0x14/0x20 The amphion vpu driver does not rely on the m2m framework's device_run callback to perform encode/decode operations. Fix the race by preventing m2m framework job scheduling entirely: - Add job_ready callback returning 0 (no jobs ready for m2m framework) - Remove job_abort callback to avoid the race condition

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 5.18 before 6.1.175; from 6.2 before 6.6.140; from 6.7 before 6.12.86; from 6.13 before 6.18.27; from 6.19 before 7.0.4 — fixed in 6.1.175, 6.12.86, 6.18.27, 6.6.140, 7.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.1.175, 6.12.86, 6.18.27, 6.6.140. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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