CVE-2026-43218

MEDIUM EPSS 2.8%
Published May 6, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published May 6, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
2.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 7

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥3.10  –  <5.10.252
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.202
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.165
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.6.128
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.12.75
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.13  –  <6.18.16
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.19  –  <6.19.6

References 8

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32f0493506313775d3bd448de34762b6538da6bd
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92537a15780b6d0281fd8286f93fbc3652e35f48
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cb9eca33d20316ed3c7a938793b8735ac3e128b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cea16fea47e5553f51d10957677ff735b1eff03
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a114918270f0d95c607d69b03a244e6afe54813f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/add02a3fb1fd71b004f0ed824cbac00f850de558
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc7aeed33e4f55c76f35f0fca73e4dfe12a63a3a
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e54aa17c968c4de2c5f7b7ea390c63d33c07513b
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32f0493506313775d3bd448de34762b6538da6bd
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92537a15780b6d0281fd8286f93fbc3652e35f48
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cb9eca33d20316ed3c7a938793b8735ac3e128b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cea16fea47e5553f51d10957677ff735b1eff03
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a114918270f0d95c607d69b03a244e6afe54813f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/add02a3fb1fd71b004f0ed824cbac00f850de558
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc7aeed33e4f55c76f35f0fca73e4dfe12a63a3a
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e54aa17c968c4de2c5f7b7ea390c63d33c07513b
    Patch