Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2026· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2026-43218
CVE-2026-43218
Description
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.
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Affected products
16- osv-coords14 versionspkg:linux/kernelpkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
>= 3.10.0, < 5.10.252+ 13 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 3.10.0, < 5.10.252
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1.160000.2.19
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/32f0493506313775d3bd448de34762b6538da6bdnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/92537a15780b6d0281fd8286f93fbc3652e35f48nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cb9eca33d20316ed3c7a938793b8735ac3e128bnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cea16fea47e5553f51d10957677ff735b1eff03nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a114918270f0d95c607d69b03a244e6afe54813fnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/add02a3fb1fd71b004f0ed824cbac00f850de558nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc7aeed33e4f55c76f35f0fca73e4dfe12a63a3anvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e54aa17c968c4de2c5f7b7ea390c63d33c07513bnvdPatch
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