CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-53379

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the OV8856 camera driver has a vulnerability where the control handler is not freed if adding controls fails in the ov8856_init_controls() function.

Risk Assessment

This can lead to kernel memory leaks, potentially degrading system performance or causing instability over time.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that adds an error exit label and converts the existing error return to use it.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS