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CVE-2022-50254: media: ov8865: Fix an error handling path in ov8865_probe()

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-09-15 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: ov8865: Fix an error handling path in ov8865_probe() The commit in Fixes also introduced some new error handling which should goto the existing error handling path. Otherwise some resources leak.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 5.17 before 6.0.7; 6.1-rc1 — fixed in 6.0.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.0.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/080e0b7404850406628674b07286f16cc389a892
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f55a2273a7b41895ea6272e51ccb1d797cfd39b

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