Medium 5.5Published May 1, 2024

CVE-2024-27077media: v4l2-mem2mem: fix a memleak in v4l2_m2m_register_entity

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 1:20 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: v4l2-mem2mem: fix a memleak in v4l2_m2m_register_entity The entity->name (i.e. name) is allocated in v4l2_m2m_register_entity but isn't freed in its following error-handling paths. This patch adds such deallocation to prevent memleak of entity->name.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 14, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from be2fff656322e82f215730839063c2c2ca73d14b before 3dd8abb0ed0e0a7c66d6d677c86ccb188cc39333; from be2fff656322e82f215730839063c2c2ca73d14b before 0175f2d34c85744f9ad6554f696cf0afb5bd04e4; from be2fff656322e82f215730839063c2c2ca73d14b before afd2a82fe300032f63f8be5d6cd6981e75f8bbf2; from be2fff656322e82f215730839063c2c2ca73d14b before dc866b69cc51af9b8509b4731b8ce2a4950cd0ef; from be2fff656322e82f215730839063c2c2ca73d14b before 0c9550b032de48d6a7fa6a4ddc09699d64d9300d; from be2fff656322e82f215730839063c2c2ca73d14b before 90029b9c979b60de5cb2b70ade4bbf61d561bc5d; from be2fff656322e82f215730839063c2c2ca73d14b before 5dc319cc3c4f7b74f7dfba349aa26f87efb52458; from be2fff656322e82f215730839063c2c2ca73d14b before 9c23ef30e840fedc66948299509f6c2777c9cf4f; and 1 more ranges	CNA record
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem siemens:simatic_s7_1500_tm_mfp_gnu_linux_subsystem (from the name)	before V1.1.1	CISA ADP
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 4.19 before 4.19.311; from 4.20 before 5.4.273; from 5.5 before 5.10.214; from 5.11 before 5.15.153; from 5.16 before 6.1.83; from 6.2 before 6.6.23; from 6.7 before 6.7.11; from 6.8 before 6.8.2	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	10.0	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dd8abb0ed0e0a7c66d6d677c86ccb188cc39333	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0175f2d34c85744f9ad6554f696cf0afb5bd04e4	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afd2a82fe300032f63f8be5d6cd6981e75f8bbf2	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc866b69cc51af9b8509b4731b8ce2a4950cd0ef	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c9550b032de48d6a7fa6a4ddc09699d64d9300d	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90029b9c979b60de5cb2b70ade4bbf61d561bc5d	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dc319cc3c4f7b74f7dfba349aa26f87efb52458	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c23ef30e840fedc66948299509f6c2777c9cf4f	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f94b49a5b5d386c038e355bef6347298aabd211	patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html	patch
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