CVE-2026-53379 (GCVE-0-2026-53379)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-19 10:02 – Updated: 2026-07-19 10:02
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Title
media: i2c: ov8856: free control handler on error in ov8856_init_controls()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c: ov8856: free control handler on error in ov8856_init_controls() The control handler wasn't freed if adding controls failed, add an error exit label and convert the existing error return to use it.
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Linux Linux Affected: 879347f0c258cffe27b9e28bd4f1f55fc019f857 , < c13721040a566d832ee8a20ecf04b7ef288a1525 (git)
Affected: 879347f0c258cffe27b9e28bd4f1f55fc019f857 , < d1b3811c6b0f67fb7f0acfe09bf8244aa8b12465 (git)
Affected: 879347f0c258cffe27b9e28bd4f1f55fc019f857 , < fd10fb4c33bdc9c25c9b9d5e7e39f635e34c44a3 (git)
Affected: 879347f0c258cffe27b9e28bd4f1f55fc019f857 , < ba9e9274c4ecfc039c45752dd6055137eaa5f08e (git)
Affected: 879347f0c258cffe27b9e28bd4f1f55fc019f857 , < 791598484fd558bb426ef5e051effa5c227d5390 (git)
Affected: 879347f0c258cffe27b9e28bd4f1f55fc019f857 , < f727e3251ceee91f3d6e6d87e323aaf070f0de8e (git)
Affected: 879347f0c258cffe27b9e28bd4f1f55fc019f857 , < f75e160745663ce9b13362ae6e90bd439c58df69 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.1
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.1 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.209 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.175 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.140 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.90 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.32 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.9 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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