CVE-2026-45928media: chips-media: wave5: Fix memory leak on codec_info allocation failure
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.13%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 98% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: chips-media: wave5: Fix memory leak on codec_info allocation failure In wave5_vpu_open_enc() and wave5_vpu_open_dec(), a vpu instance is allocated via kzalloc(). If the subsequent allocation for inst->codec_info fails, the functions return -ENOMEM without freeing the previously allocated instance, causing a memory leak. Fix this by calling kfree() on the instance in this error path to ensure it is properly released.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 14 days later
· 14 days later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Undergoing Analysis | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.13% · top 98% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 9707a6254a8a6b978bde811a44fe07d86c229d1c – < 52defdd4034db1a34bb48006f889d66a3629224b
- affected 9707a6254a8a6b978bde811a44fe07d86c229d1c – < 1de71556cbd6e1d0d26fb86b9b3bb8caa0df8495
- affected 9707a6254a8a6b978bde811a44fe07d86c229d1c – < 32e9e45cf7e3422d21fa64535588d3572faf71c3
- affected 9707a6254a8a6b978bde811a44fe07d86c229d1c – < a519e21e32398459ba357e67b541402f7295ee1b
- affected 6.8
- unaffected < 6.8
- unaffected 6.12.75 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.14 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 6.19.4 – ≤ 6.19.*
- unaffected 7.0 – ≤ *
References
References4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52defdd4034db1a34bb48006f889d66a3629224b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1de71556cbd6e1d0d26fb86b9b3bb8caa0df8495 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32e9e45cf7e3422d21fa64535588d3572faf71c3 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a519e21e32398459ba357e67b541402f7295ee1b (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-32394 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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