CVE-2026-43246

media: i2c/tw9906: Fix potential memory leak in tw9906_probe()

EPSS 0.1%

Vexday Risk Score

3Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS —EPSS 0.1%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

06 May 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

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.

Affected products

Linux · Linux

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References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c33338514d8246280533a77091e6b6ee548c606 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/377a7756914364d72550fc86ca0f404ef1d96141 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59420d5d9c46b084e21f9ea6ce79fc79ae9e414c https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9548a8bbf511a252a9848f96220c6b95c9a3b918 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cad237b6c875fbee5d353a2b289e98d240d17ec8 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccb92def042a3636ed47f25a30bd553788e5191e https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9a490937942f18205dac7b6b192975ef1369ae1 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb09d8b80046216646f1a344410cfa9cfa6c6c7c