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media: i2c: ov8856: free control handler on error in ov8856_init_controls()
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.15.209, 6.1.175, 6.12.90, 6.18.32, 6.6.140, 7.0.9
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-53379
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 5 Nov 2026, 05:25 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
media: i2c: ov8856: free control handler on error in ov8856_init_controls()
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 19 Jul 2026, 10:02 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2026-53379
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.15.209, 6.1.175, 6.6.140, 6.12.90, 6.18.32, 7.0.9
Complete source record
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