CVE-2026-43231

medium

Published 2026-05-06 · Modified 2026-05-08

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CVSS v3

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.5

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: radio-keene: fix memory leak in error path Fix a memory leak in usb_keene_probe(). The v4l2 control handler is initialized and controls are added, but if v4l2_device_register() or video_register_device() fails afterward, the handler was never freed, leaking memory. Add v4l2_ctrl_handler_free() call in the err_v4l2 error path to ensure the control handler is properly freed for all error paths after it is initialized.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

55%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

Linux kernel Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	`5.10.252`

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`6.12.85-1`
sid	Fixed	`6.19.6-1`
forky	Fixed	`6.19.6-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`5.10.257-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`6.1.170-1`

References

CWEs

CWE-401

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