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High severity Unreviewed Published Jan 22, 2026 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 22, 2026

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: i2c: max9286: fix kernel oops when removing module

When removing the max9286 module we get a kernel oops:

Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 000000aa00000094
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x96000004
EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
SET = 0, FnV = 0
EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault
Data abort info:
ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004
CM = 0, WnR = 0
user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000880d85000
[000000aa00000094] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000
Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Modules linked in: fsl_jr_uio caam_jr rng_core libdes caamkeyblob_desc caamhash_desc caamalg_desc crypto_engine max9271 authenc crct10dif_ce mxc_jpeg_encdec
CPU: 2 PID: 713 Comm: rmmod Tainted: G C 5.15.5-00057-gaebcd29c8ed7-dirty #5
Hardware name: Freescale i.MX8QXP MEK (DT)
pstate: 80000005 (Nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : i2c_mux_del_adapters+0x24/0xf0
lr : max9286_remove+0x28/0xd0 [max9286]
sp : ffff800013a9bbf0
x29: ffff800013a9bbf0 x28: ffff00080b6da940 x27: 0000000000000000
x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000
x23: ffff000801a5b970 x22: ffff0008048b0890 x21: ffff800009297000
x20: ffff0008048b0f70 x19: 000000aa00000064 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000
x14: 0000000000000014 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: ffff000802da49e8
x11: ffff000802051918 x10: ffff000802da4920 x9 : ffff000800030098
x8 : 0101010101010101 x7 : 7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f x6 : fefefeff6364626d
x5 : 8080808000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : ffffffffffffffff x1 : ffff00080b6da940 x0 : 0000000000000000
Call trace:
i2c_mux_del_adapters+0x24/0xf0
max9286_remove+0x28/0xd0 [max9286]
i2c_device_remove+0x40/0x110
__device_release_driver+0x188/0x234
driver_detach+0xc4/0x150
bus_remove_driver+0x60/0xe0
driver_unregister+0x34/0x64
i2c_del_driver+0x58/0xa0
max9286_i2c_driver_exit+0x1c/0x490 [max9286]
__arm64_sys_delete_module+0x194/0x260
invoke_syscall+0x48/0x114
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xd4/0xfc
do_el0_svc+0x2c/0x94
el0_svc+0x28/0x80
el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa8/0x130
el0t_64_sync+0x1a0/0x1a4

The Oops happens because the I2C client data does not point to
max9286_priv anymore but to v4l2_subdev. The change happened in
max9286_init() which calls v4l2_i2c_subdev_init() later on...

Besides fixing the max9286_remove() function, remove the call to
i2c_set_clientdata() in max9286_probe(), to avoid confusion, and make
the necessary changes to max9286_init() so that it doesn't have to use
i2c_get_clientdata() in order to fetch the pointer to priv.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 26, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jan 22, 2026
Last updated Jan 22, 2026

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(21st percentile)

Weaknesses

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

The product exposes a resource to the wrong control sphere, providing unintended actors with inappropriate access to the resource. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2022-49509

GHSA ID

GHSA-qj3c-cr7p-g92q

Source code

No known source code

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