GHSA-H3JC-6RCX-XCC3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-06 12:30 – Updated: 2026-05-11 21:31
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903_probe()

In one of the error paths in tw9903_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.

Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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