Medium 5.5Published May 6, 2026

CVE-2026-43246media: i2c/tw9906: Fix potential memory leak in tw9906_probe()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 3:00 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c/tw9906: Fix potential memory leak in tw9906_probe() In one of the error paths in tw9906_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 a000e9a02b5885b1b69f691c80e346d102f94a88 before e9a490937942f18205dac7b6b192975ef1369ae1; from a000e9a02b5885b1b69f691c80e346d102f94a88 before 9548a8bbf511a252a9848f96220c6b95c9a3b918; from a000e9a02b5885b1b69f691c80e346d102f94a88 before 0c33338514d8246280533a77091e6b6ee548c606; from a000e9a02b5885b1b69f691c80e346d102f94a88 before ccb92def042a3636ed47f25a30bd553788e5191e; from a000e9a02b5885b1b69f691c80e346d102f94a88 before fb09d8b80046216646f1a344410cfa9cfa6c6c7c; from a000e9a02b5885b1b69f691c80e346d102f94a88 before 377a7756914364d72550fc86ca0f404ef1d96141; from a000e9a02b5885b1b69f691c80e346d102f94a88 before 59420d5d9c46b084e21f9ea6ce79fc79ae9e414c; from a000e9a02b5885b1b69f691c80e346d102f94a88 before cad237b6c875fbee5d353a2b289e98d240d17ec8	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/e9a490937942f18205dac7b6b192975ef1369ae1	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9548a8bbf511a252a9848f96220c6b95c9a3b918	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c33338514d8246280533a77091e6b6ee548c606	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccb92def042a3636ed47f25a30bd553788e5191e	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb09d8b80046216646f1a344410cfa9cfa6c6c7c	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/377a7756914364d72550fc86ca0f404ef1d96141	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59420d5d9c46b084e21f9ea6ce79fc79ae9e414c	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cad237b6c875fbee5d353a2b289e98d240d17ec8	patch

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