CVE-2026-68221 (GCVE-0-2026-68221)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 12:00 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:01
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Title
media: nuvoton: npcm-video: fix memory leaks in probe and remove
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: nuvoton: npcm-video: fix memory leaks in probe and remove npcm_video_probe() allocates the npcm_video structure with kzalloc_obj() but never frees it on any probe error path or in npcm_video_remove(), leaking the allocation on every failed probe and every normal unbind. Additionally, when npcm_video_setup_video() fails, the reserved memory association established by of_reserved_mem_device_init() in npcm_video_init() is not released, leaking the rmem_assigned_device entry on the global list. Fix both by adding kfree(video) to all probe error paths and to npcm_video_remove(), and adding the missing of_reserved_mem_device_release() call when npcm_video_setup_video() fails.
Severity
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 46c15a4ff1f4fe078c5b250fb2570020211eab38 , < b092d690a9b28795ab2db083023e8a5368cddb22 (git)
Affected: 46c15a4ff1f4fe078c5b250fb2570020211eab38 , < 181a0aeefd56f9285325b84789aa348aba0508bf (git)
Affected: 46c15a4ff1f4fe078c5b250fb2570020211eab38 , < 65ddc021d39d6383635ee8b0970b2d1c7947e447 (git)
Affected: 46c15a4ff1f4fe078c5b250fb2570020211eab38 , < 50cc0e547da50b887e63dfa1ad203cd5b735d01e (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.7
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.7 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.101 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.42 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.6 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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