ROS-20261009-73-0340

The vulnerability of the drivers/media/i2c/tw9903.c component of the Linux operating system’s kernel is related to improper memory release before deleting the last reference. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.10, Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c/tw9903: A potential memory leak has been fixed in tw9903probe. In one of the error paths in tw9903probe, the memory allocated in v4l2ctrlhandlerinit and v4l2ctrlnewstd is not freed. This issue has been fixed by calling...

Linux kernel DoS

The vulnerability in the drivers/media/i2c/tw9903.c component of the Linux kernel is related to improper memory deallocation prior to removing the last reference. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service...

SUSE CVE-2026-43218

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903probe In one of the error paths in tw9903probe, the memory allocated in v4l2ctrlhandlerinit and v4l2ctrlnewstd is not freed. Fix that by calling v4l2ctrlhandlerfree on the...

CVE-2026-43218

A flaw was found in the tw9903 driver within the Linux kernel. This vulnerability occurs in an error handling path of the tw9903probe function, where memory allocated for video for Linux 2 V4L2 control handlers is not properly released. This oversight can lead to a memory leak, potentially causin...

EUVD-2026-27778

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903probe In one of the error paths in tw9903probe, the memory allocated in v4l2ctrlhandlerinit and v4l2ctrlnewstd is not freed. Fix that by calling v4l2ctrlhandlerfree on the...

CVE-2026-43218

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903probe In one of the error paths in tw9903probe, the memory allocated in v4l2ctrlhandlerinit and v4l2ctrlnewstd is not freed. Fix that by calling v4l2ctrlhandlerfree on the...

CVE-2026-43218 media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903_probe()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903probe In one of the error paths in tw9903probe, the memory allocated in v4l2ctrlhandlerinit and v4l2ctrlnewstd is not freed. Fix that by calling v4l2ctrlhandlerfree on the...

CVE-2026-43218

CVE-2026-43218 affects the Linux kernel driver for tw9903 (media: i2c/tw9903) where, in an error path of tw9903_probe(), memory allocated for V4L2 control processing (v4l2_ctrl_handler_init() and v4l2_ctrl_new_std()) is not freed. The fix adds a call to v4l2_ctrl_handler_free() on the handler in ...

CVE-2026-43218 media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903_probe()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903probe In one of the error paths in tw9903probe, the memory allocated in v4l2ctrlhandlerinit and v4l2ctrlnewstd is not freed. Fix that by calling v4l2ctrlhandlerfree on the...

CVE-2026-43218

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903probe In one of the error paths in tw9903probe, the memory allocated in v4l2ctrlhandlerinit and v4l2ctrlnewstd is not freed. Fix that by calling v4l2ctrlhandlerfree on the...

Linux Kernel Security Vulnerabilities

The Linux kernel is the core of the open-source operating system Linux, developed by the Linux Foundation in the United States. There is a security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which stems from an error in the path of the tw9903 driver’s probe function; this error fails to release memory,...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-43218

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903probe In one of the error paths in tw9903probe, the memory allocated in v4l2ctrlhandlerinit and...

CVE-2026-43218: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c/tw9903: Fix potential memory leak in tw9903probe In one of the error paths in tw9903probe, the memory allocated in v4l2ctrlhandlerinit and v4l2ctrlnewstd is not freed. Fix that by calling v4l2ctrlhandlerfree on the...

PT-2026-37558

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description A memory leak exists in the tw9903 probe function. In a specific error path, memory allocated by v4l2 ctrl handler init and v4l2 ctrl new std is not properly released. Recommendations At...