CVE-2026-43246

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

06/05/2026

Last modified:

11/05/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c/tw9906: Fix potential memory leak in tw9906_probe() In one of the error paths in tw9906_probe(), the memory allocated in v4l2_ctrl_handler_init() and v4l2_ctrl_new_std() is not freed. Fix that by calling v4l2_ctrl_handler_free() on the handler in that error path.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.10 (including)	5.10.252 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.202 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.165 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.128 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.12.75 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.13 (including)	6.18.16 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.19 (including)	6.19.6 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2026-43246

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools