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XPS 16 9640/09CK4V, BIOS 1.12.0 02/10/2025\n[ 106.634773] Call Trace:\n[ 106.634777] <TASK>\n...\n[ 106.634871] kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:221 mm/kasan/report.c:636)\n[ 106.634901] mei_cl_set_disconnected (drivers/misc/mei/client.c:783) mei\n[ 106.634921] mei_cl_all_disconnect (drivers/misc/mei/client.c:2165 (discriminator 4)) mei\n[ 106.634941] mei_reset (drivers/misc/mei/init.c:163) mei\n...\n[ 106.635042] mei_stop (drivers/misc/mei/init.c:348) mei\n[ 106.635062] mei_vsc_remove (drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h:784 drivers/misc/mei/platform-vsc.c:393) mei_vsc\n[ 106.635066] platform_remove (drivers/base/platform.c:1424)\n\nAdd the missing mei_cldev_disable() calls so that the mei_cl gets removed\nfrom mei_device->file_list before it is freed to fix this."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/media/pci/intel/ivsc/mei_ace.c", "drivers/media/pci/intel/ivsc/mei_csi.c"], "versions": [{"version": "29006e196a5661d9afc8152fa2bf8a5347ac17b4", "lessThan": "3c0e4cc4f55f9a1db2a761e4ffb27c9594245888", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "29006e196a5661d9afc8152fa2bf8a5347ac17b4", "lessThan": "639f5b33fcd7c59157f29b09f6f2866eacf9279c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "29006e196a5661d9afc8152fa2bf8a5347ac17b4", "lessThan": "1dfe73394dcfc9b049c8da0dc181c45f156a5f49", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "29006e196a5661d9afc8152fa2bf8a5347ac17b4", "lessThan": "0c92c49fc688cfadacc47ae99b06a31237702e9e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/media/pci/intel/ivsc/mei_ace.c", "drivers/media/pci/intel/ivsc/mei_csi.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.6", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.6", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.6.103", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.44", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.16.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.16.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.17", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.6", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.103"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.6", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.44"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.6", "versionEndExcluding": "6.16.4"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.6", "versionEndExcluding": "6.17"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c0e4cc4f55f9a1db2a761e4ffb27c9594245888"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/639f5b33fcd7c59157f29b09f6f2866eacf9279c"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dfe73394dcfc9b049c8da0dc181c45f156a5f49"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c92c49fc688cfadacc47ae99b06a31237702e9e"}], "title": "media: ivsc: Fix crash at shutdown due to missing mei_cldev_disable() calls", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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