Medium 5.5Published May 6, 2026

CVE-2026-43218media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903_probe()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 1:00 PM ET)

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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.

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 0890ec19c65def8c8e445931b026e0fa8d809a34 before e54aa17c968c4de2c5f7b7ea390c63d33c07513b; 0890ec19c65def8c8e445931b026e0fa8d809a34 builds before 32f0493506313775d3bd448de34762b6538da6bd; from 0890ec19c65def8c8e445931b026e0fa8d809a34 before 92537a15780b6d0281fd8286f93fbc3652e35f48; 0890ec19c65def8c8e445931b026e0fa8d809a34 builds before 9cb9eca33d20316ed3c7a938793b8735ac3e128b; from 0890ec19c65def8c8e445931b026e0fa8d809a34 before a114918270f0d95c607d69b03a244e6afe54813f; from 0890ec19c65def8c8e445931b026e0fa8d809a34 before cc7aeed33e4f55c76f35f0fca73e4dfe12a63a3a; from 0890ec19c65def8c8e445931b026e0fa8d809a34 before add02a3fb1fd71b004f0ed824cbac00f850de558; 0890ec19c65def8c8e445931b026e0fa8d809a34 builds before 9cea16fea47e5553f51d10957677ff735b1eff03	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 3.10 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/e54aa17c968c4de2c5f7b7ea390c63d33c07513b	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32f0493506313775d3bd448de34762b6538da6bd	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92537a15780b6d0281fd8286f93fbc3652e35f48	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cb9eca33d20316ed3c7a938793b8735ac3e128b	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a114918270f0d95c607d69b03a244e6afe54813f	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc7aeed33e4f55c76f35f0fca73e4dfe12a63a3a	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/add02a3fb1fd71b004f0ed824cbac00f850de558	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cea16fea47e5553f51d10957677ff735b1eff03	patch

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