Medium 5.5Published May 6, 2026

CVE-2026-43183media: cx25821: Fix a resource leak in cx25821_dev_setup()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 12:50 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: cx25821: Fix a resource leak in cx25821_dev_setup() Add release_mem_region() if ioremap() fails to release the memory region obtained by cx25821_get_resources().

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: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 02b20b0b4cde011f7ad6b5363fb88b93f7ad4e5b before 9f1c926248bde95a77ca104ab525467470607836; from 02b20b0b4cde011f7ad6b5363fb88b93f7ad4e5b before 071bfc6e723aabbbf08f0d439fb913cd01eb8de2; from 02b20b0b4cde011f7ad6b5363fb88b93f7ad4e5b before f7759eb6738ee9fc296f6ab1705c6809947976f3; from 02b20b0b4cde011f7ad6b5363fb88b93f7ad4e5b before 4010e596d23cda6de65acb14f7fd4ce8289f1d49; from 02b20b0b4cde011f7ad6b5363fb88b93f7ad4e5b before e220ec4c4596d634685b8a08d79ad876a720b466; from 02b20b0b4cde011f7ad6b5363fb88b93f7ad4e5b before b7210170b10e2d17f7a4f6b9d39cc092442db860; from 02b20b0b4cde011f7ad6b5363fb88b93f7ad4e5b before 80ce3797dc99dae4ce8b939626b891c9eb85139f; from 02b20b0b4cde011f7ad6b5363fb88b93f7ad4e5b before 68cd8ac994cac38a305200f638b30e13c690753b	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 2.6.32 before 5.10.252; from 5.11 before 5.15.202; from 5.16 before 6.1.165; from 6.2 before 6.6.128; from 6.7 before 6.12.75; from 6.13 before 6.18.16; from 6.19 before 6.19.6	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f1c926248bde95a77ca104ab525467470607836	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/071bfc6e723aabbbf08f0d439fb913cd01eb8de2	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7759eb6738ee9fc296f6ab1705c6809947976f3	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4010e596d23cda6de65acb14f7fd4ce8289f1d49	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e220ec4c4596d634685b8a08d79ad876a720b466	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7210170b10e2d17f7a4f6b9d39cc092442db860	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80ce3797dc99dae4ce8b939626b891c9eb85139f	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68cd8ac994cac38a305200f638b30e13c690753b	patch

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