Vulnerability · Published Sep 17, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-90238media: amd: isp4: fix self-deadlock in isp4sd_pwron_and_init() error path

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In plain English

A security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS )–Not rated
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: amd: isp4: fix self-deadlock in isp4sd_pwron_and_init() error path isp4sd_pwron_and_init() holds ops_mutex via guard(mutex) and, on any init failure, jumps to err_deinit and calls isp4sd_pwroff_and_deinit(). That helper takes the same ops_mutex, re-acquiring a non-recursive mutex already held by the current thread, so any init failure deadlocks. Unwind the error path in stages instead, releasing only what each failure point acquired. This also avoids the issues that an unconditional teardown would hit at the earlier failures, such as a runtime-PM underflow from pm_runtime_resume_and_get() and MMIO access while the device is unpowered.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-90238

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 4e5e7a7ddb4ab9ac35928d7dc72efc8797639dc3 – before 74669cc3483e9729ca26b4e06a096ccdd607db644e5e7a7ddb4ab9ac35928d7dc72efc8797639dc3 – before ef46d80a7015269a98c9505b5912a83798799199
Linux Linux 7.2

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