CVE-2026-72484

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel, specifically within the staging: most: video subsystem. This vulnerability occurs when compregistervideodev attempts to release a videodevice that might have already been freed during a failed device registration. A local attacker could exploit this double fr...

CVE-2026-72484

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: most: video: avoid double free on video register failure compregistervideodev allocates a videodevice with videodevicealloc and releases it if videoregisterdevice fails. This can double free the videodevice when...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72484

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: most: video: avoid double free on video register failure compregistervideodev allocates a videodevice with videodevicealloc and releases it if videoregisterdevice fails. This can double free the videodevice when...

CVE-2026-72484 staging: most: video: avoid double free on video register failure

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: most: video: avoid double free on video register failure compregistervideodev allocates a videodevice with videodevicealloc and releases it if videoregisterdevice fails. This can double free the videodevice when...

CVE-2026-72484

The CVE-2026-72484 entry documents a Linux kernel staging component (staging: most: video)double-free during video device registration. The root cause: comp_register_videodev() may release mdev->vdev via vdev->release() if video_register_device() fails, risking a second free when __video_re...