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CVE-2026-53379media: i2c: ov8856: free control handler on error in ov8856_init_controls()
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.16%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 94% 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: 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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 40 days later
· 40 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 · Analyzed | 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)
- 0.16% · top 94% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 879347f0c258cffe27b9e28bd4f1f55fc019f857 – < c13721040a566d832ee8a20ecf04b7ef288a1525
- affected 879347f0c258cffe27b9e28bd4f1f55fc019f857 – < d1b3811c6b0f67fb7f0acfe09bf8244aa8b12465
- affected 879347f0c258cffe27b9e28bd4f1f55fc019f857 – < fd10fb4c33bdc9c25c9b9d5e7e39f635e34c44a3
- affected 879347f0c258cffe27b9e28bd4f1f55fc019f857 – < ba9e9274c4ecfc039c45752dd6055137eaa5f08e
- affected 879347f0c258cffe27b9e28bd4f1f55fc019f857 – < 791598484fd558bb426ef5e051effa5c227d5390
- affected 879347f0c258cffe27b9e28bd4f1f55fc019f857 – < f727e3251ceee91f3d6e6d87e323aaf070f0de8e
- affected 879347f0c258cffe27b9e28bd4f1f55fc019f857 – < f75e160745663ce9b13362ae6e90bd439c58df69
- affected 5.1
- unaffected < 5.1
- unaffected 5.15.209 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.175 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.140 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.90 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.32 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 7.0.9 – ≤ 7.0.*
- unaffected 7.1 – ≤ *
References
References7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c13721040a566d832ee8a20ecf04b7ef288a1525 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1b3811c6b0f67fb7f0acfe09bf8244aa8b12465 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd10fb4c33bdc9c25c9b9d5e7e39f635e34c44a3 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba9e9274c4ecfc039c45752dd6055137eaa5f08e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/791598484fd558bb426ef5e051effa5c227d5390 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f727e3251ceee91f3d6e6d87e323aaf070f0de8e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f75e160745663ce9b13362ae6e90bd439c58df69 (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-2026-45452 (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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