CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-68212

Low risk· EPSS 11%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

11th percentile - higher than 11% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the saa7134 driver (TV card) has a possible memory leak in saa7134_video_init1. Missing return value checks for saa7134_pgtable_alloc() and not freeing memory on vb2_queue_init() error lead to leaks and potential use of uninitialized DMA resources.

Risk Assessment

The organization may experience memory exhaustion or system instability when using TV cards, potentially affecting multimedia services.

Recommendation

Apply a Linux kernel update containing the fix that checks return values and frees resources on errors.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: saa7134: Fix a possible memory leak in saa7134_video_init1 In saa7134_video_init1(), the return value of the first saa7134_pgtable_alloc() is not checked. If it fails, the function continues as if successful, leaving the driver with an invalid page table. Additionally, if vb2_queue_init() for the VBI queue fails after the video queue page table has been allocated, the allocated memory is not freed before returning. The second saa7134_pgtable_alloc() also lacks a return value check. Errors occur during device probing before the device is fully registered, the normal cleanup path in saa7134_finidev() is not executed, leading to memory leaks and potential use of uninitialized DMA resources. Check the return value of both saa7134_pgtable_alloc() calls and propagate errors. On failure of any later step, free allocated page tables to avoid memory leaks. Ensure control handlers are also released on error to prevent further resource leakage. Found by code review.

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