CVE-2026-43231

medium

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de204d87e7d61859937272fe30cbdd46a4cfb10a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8bf939d77c0cd01118e953bbf554e0fa15e9006

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad85bb5623079a35bd400f51de2e2fbc2170bdb2

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fa9754f48cb8eefa566156be341e63d313247e5

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fe28a63d598235595a9601e0d8fdc7c8f4fd575

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27c508f61963013fdf29097578284099ee7a85a4

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/242b0aabb1866024a7995a767ac330c158b39aa4

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d8558a232ecb187e8e0328d6347a125f437a0fc

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-06

Updated: 2026-05-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium