CVE-2026-53379 (GCVE-0-2026-53379)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-19 10:02
Modified
2026-07-19 10:02
Severity ?
Summary
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.
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Linux Linux Version: 879347f0c258cffe27b9e28bd4f1f55fc019f857
Version: 879347f0c258cffe27b9e28bd4f1f55fc019f857
Version: 879347f0c258cffe27b9e28bd4f1f55fc019f857
Version: 879347f0c258cffe27b9e28bd4f1f55fc019f857
Version: 879347f0c258cffe27b9e28bd4f1f55fc019f857
Version: 879347f0c258cffe27b9e28bd4f1f55fc019f857
Version: 879347f0c258cffe27b9e28bd4f1f55fc019f857
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