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CVE-2023-53300: media: hi846: Fix memleak in hi846_init_controls()

• 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: 2025-09-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: hi846: Fix memleak in hi846_init_controls() hi846_init_controls doesn't clean the allocated ctrl_hdlr in case there is a failure, which causes memleak. Add v4l2_ctrl_handler_free to free the resource properly.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 5.16 before 6.1.28; from 6.2 before 6.2.15; from 6.3 before 6.3.2 — fixed in 6.1.28, 6.2.15, 6.3.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.1.28, 6.2.15, 6.3.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07f0f15e5db60c5b0722049d3251ef4a46dc3b76
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12a80b1490e398f5ad7157508cf32b73511de5fc
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2649c1a20e8e399ee955d0e22192f9992662c3d2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd22e8c8c38fb40f130d3a60e52c59996a5bbae9

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