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CVE-2023-54266media: dvb-usb: m920x: Fix a potential memory leak in m920x_i2c_xfer()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 4:50 AM ET)

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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.

CVSS: Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: May 23, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 82ce3084892c0c0e006ec61f6144f2cc4e5ece88 before 809623fedc31f4e74039d93bb75a8993635d7534; from 7dca4428d7eb33c89979e620228fe557593fde66 before c0178e938f110cdf6937f26975c0c951dbb1d9db; from fe791612afabaeee9b911bd7b955985bcf5ff314 before 75d6ef197c488cd852493b4a419274e3489da79d; from 830e5d1b4344c2575020ee4bdf63fb48e2b56ce3 before d13a84874a2e0236c9325b3adc8e126d0888ad6b; from 0c044e39d52abfbb4cb43dbc5a09c1dc1ed24648 before 7ca7cd02114ac8caa6b0a64734b9af6be1559353; from a2ab06d7c4d6bfd0b545a768247a70463e977e27 before 2b6e20ef0585a467c24c7e4fde28518e5b33225a; from a2ab06d7c4d6bfd0b545a768247a70463e977e27 before 4feed3dfca722c6d74865a37cab853c58e6aa190; from a2ab06d7c4d6bfd0b545a768247a70463e977e27 before 2cc9f11aeae2887a4db25c27323fc445f4b49e86; and 12 more ranges	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/809623fedc31f4e74039d93bb75a8993635d7534
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0178e938f110cdf6937f26975c0c951dbb1d9db
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75d6ef197c488cd852493b4a419274e3489da79d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d13a84874a2e0236c9325b3adc8e126d0888ad6b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ca7cd02114ac8caa6b0a64734b9af6be1559353
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b6e20ef0585a467c24c7e4fde28518e5b33225a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4feed3dfca722c6d74865a37cab853c58e6aa190
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cc9f11aeae2887a4db25c27323fc445f4b49e86
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea9ef6c2e001c5dc94bee35ebd1c8a98621cf7b8

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