Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2026· Updated May 11, 2026
CVE-2026-43246
CVE-2026-43246
Description
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.
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References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c33338514d8246280533a77091e6b6ee548c606nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/377a7756914364d72550fc86ca0f404ef1d96141nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/59420d5d9c46b084e21f9ea6ce79fc79ae9e414cnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9548a8bbf511a252a9848f96220c6b95c9a3b918nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cad237b6c875fbee5d353a2b289e98d240d17ec8nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccb92def042a3636ed47f25a30bd553788e5191envdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9a490937942f18205dac7b6b192975ef1369ae1nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb09d8b80046216646f1a344410cfa9cfa6c6c7cnvdPatch
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