CVE-2023-54266

Linux Kernel Memory Leak in m920x_i2c_xfer()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: dvb-usb: m920x: Fix a potential memory leak in m920x_i2c_xfer() 'read' is freed when it is known to be NULL, but not when a read error occurs. Revert the logic to avoid a small leak, should a m920x_read() call fail.

References (9)

Core 9

Scores

EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 10.4%

Details

Status published
Products (39)
linux/Kernel < 4.14.326linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.295linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.257linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.132linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.53linux
linux/Kernel 5.17.0 - 6.4.16linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.195linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.5.3linux
Linux/Linux < 5.17
Linux/Linux 08cb4f0da9926277101d18d817048e1328ac2563
... and 29 more
Published Dec 30, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026