CVE-2026-53379
Status: AnalyzedMedium (5.5)—
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.
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Base score: 5.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.16%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 5
- Score date: 10/3/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-908
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/791598484fd558bb426ef5e051effa5c227d5390
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba9e9274c4ecfc039c45752dd6055137eaa5f08e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c13721040a566d832ee8a20ecf04b7ef288a1525
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1b3811c6b0f67fb7f0acfe09bf8244aa8b12465
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f727e3251ceee91f3d6e6d87e323aaf070f0de8e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f75e160745663ce9b13362ae6e90bd439c58df69
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd10fb4c33bdc9c25c9b9d5e7e39f635e34c44a3
Raw JSON (NVD)
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