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CVE-2026-68215

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 radio-si476x driver has a reference leak on probe failure. If V4L2 registration succeeds but later steps fail, the v4l2_device is not unregistered, leading to a leak.

Risk Assessment

The organization may face issues with radio device management, and the reference leak could lead to system instability.

Recommendation

Apply a Linux kernel update containing the fix that unregisters the v4l2_device in the probe error path.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: radio-si476x: Unregister v4l2_device on probe failure si476x_radio_probe() registers radio->v4l2dev before allocating the V4L2 controls and before registering the video device. If any of those later steps fails, probe returns through the exit label after freeing only the control handler. A failed probe does not call si476x_radio_remove(), so the v4l2_device_unregister() there is not reached. This leaves the parent device reference taken by v4l2_device_register() behind on the error path. Unregister the V4L2 device in the probe error path after freeing the controls.

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