CVE-2026-89741

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's media subsystem, specifically within the v4l2-dev component. This vulnerability arises from incorrect error handling in the videoregisterdevice function. If a device registration fails, the system attempts to free the same memory region twice, leading to a...

CVE-2026-89741

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "media: v4l2-dev: fix error handling in videoregisterdevice" This reverts commit 2a934fdb01db6458288fc9386d3d8ceba6dd551a. The intentions of that patch were good, but it doesn't work. The idea is that if deviceregister...

CVE-2026-89741

CVE-2026-89741 affects the Linux kernel V4L2 subsystem, specifically the __video_register_device() function. A prior patch (commit 2a934fdb01db) attempted to improve error handling by calling put_device() when device_register() fails, but this conflicts with the V4L2 API contract requiring caller...

CVE-2026-89741 Revert "media: v4l2-dev: fix error handling in __video_register_device()"

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "media: v4l2-dev: fix error handling in videoregisterdevice" This reverts commit 2a934fdb01db6458288fc9386d3d8ceba6dd551a. The intentions of that patch were good, but it doesn't work. The idea is that if deviceregister...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-37971

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: bcm2835-camera: Initialise dev in v4l2dev Commit 42a2f6664e18 staging: vc04services...

SUSE CVE-2019-15211

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.2.6. There is a use-after-free caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c driver because drivers/media/radio/radio-raremono.c does not properly allocate memory...

Linux kernel resource management error vulnerability (CNVD-2019-32358)

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A resource management error vulnerability exists in the drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c file in Linux kernel versions prior to 5.2.6. The vulnerability stems from...

PT-2019-3114 · Linux +3 · Linux Kernel +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 5.2.6 Description: The issue is related to a use-after-free caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c driver. This is due to improper memory allocation in...