CVE-2026-43246

MEDIUM

media: i2c/tw9906: Fix potential memory leak in tw9906_probe()

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c/tw9906: Fix potential memory leak in tw9906_probe() In one of the error paths in tw9906_probe(), the memory allocated in v4l2_ctrl_handler_init() and v4l2_ctrl_new_std() is not freed. Fix that by calling v4l2_ctrl_handler_free() on the handler in that error path.

References (8)

Core 8

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (19)
Linux/Linux < 3.10
Linux/Linux 3.10
Linux/Linux 5.10.252 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.202 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.165 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.12.75 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.16 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19.6 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux 6.6.128 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 7.0
... and 9 more
Published May 06, 2026
Tracked Since May 06, 2026