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CVE-2026-53379

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CVSS
5.5 Medium
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.12%
Risk score
1.1
Published
2026-07-19
Status
Published

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c: ov8856: free control handler on error in ov8856_init_controls() The control handler wasn't freed if adding controls failed, add an error exit label and convert the existing error return to use it. A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ov8856 media driver. This vulnerability occurs due to improper error handling where a control handler is not correctly released if an error occurs during its initialization. This oversight could potentially lead to resource exhaustion, which may result in a denial of service (DoS) condition, making the system unavailable to legitimate users.

Weaknesses

CWE-772

Coverage 7

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