# media: video-i2c: fix kthread error pointer left in kthread_vid_cap on failure

CVE record · `CVE-2026-89871`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-89871`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 16 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 16 Sept 2026, 10:31 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5cebaac609744414463d1ecc28fdecd26c1b9bc1 to before db0f4531aa55cfb0171684ebfffe3ff04b79d5a8` (git)
  - affected: `5cebaac609744414463d1ecc28fdecd26c1b9bc1 to before 0fac63cac6689588da530764ccb6ba55ee8e4d8b` (git)
  - affected: `5cebaac609744414463d1ecc28fdecd26c1b9bc1 to before 5c35d380bea60503c4fe0986fe1de6a3263282b3` (git)
  - affected: `5cebaac609744414463d1ecc28fdecd26c1b9bc1 to before 3d1b10d81fe54852ed953f4129577b733bbd6907` (git)
  - affected: `5cebaac609744414463d1ecc28fdecd26c1b9bc1 to before 968c5213e34c48d35febdfd09cf3dc58ad039140` (git)
  - affected: `5cebaac609744414463d1ecc28fdecd26c1b9bc1 to before 52fd9d80c0cea7bf09e7ee36cad316e5c39b7fe6` (git)
  - affected: `5cebaac609744414463d1ecc28fdecd26c1b9bc1 to before 0e7f2cd72a4f9268ee09a13b13f3339e7cc71557` (git)
  - affected: `5cebaac609744414463d1ecc28fdecd26c1b9bc1 to before 76e379754ba618989f6215be608d5c04774a611d` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.18`
  - unaffected: `before 4.18` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.270 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.221 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.188 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.157 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.110 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.51 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.5 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0022, the 12th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 16 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-89871](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89871)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-89871](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89871)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db0f4531aa55cfb0171684ebfffe3ff04b79d5a8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fac63cac6689588da530764ccb6ba55ee8e4d8b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c35d380bea60503c4fe0986fe1de6a3263282b3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d1b10d81fe54852ed953f4129577b733bbd6907>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/968c5213e34c48d35febdfd09cf3dc58ad039140>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52fd9d80c0cea7bf09e7ee36cad316e5c39b7fe6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e7f2cd72a4f9268ee09a13b13f3339e7cc71557>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76e379754ba618989f6215be608d5c04774a611d>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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