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CVE-2024-26829: media: ir_toy: fix a memleak in irtoy_tx

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-04-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: ir_toy: fix a memleak in irtoy_tx When irtoy_command fails, buf should be freed since it is allocated by irtoy_tx, or there is a memleak.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 5.10.210; from 5.15.54 before 5.15.149; from 5.16 before 6.1.79; from 6.2 before 6.6.18; from 6.7 before 6.7.6; 6.8-rc1, 6.8-rc2, 6.8-rc3, 6.8-rc4 — fixed in 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.79, 6.6.18, 6.7.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.79, 6.6.18. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/207557e393a135c1b6fe1df7cc0741d2c1789fff
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7219a692ffc00089015ada33b85b334d1a4b6e8e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b37259448bbc70af1d0e52a9dd5559a9c29c9621
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be76ad74a43f90f340f9f479e6b04f02125f6aef
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc9ceb90c4b42c6e5c6757df1d6257110433788e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/207557e393a135c1b6fe1df7cc0741d2c1789fff
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/486a4176bc783df798bce2903824801af8d2c3ae
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7219a692ffc00089015ada33b85b334d1a4b6e8e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b37259448bbc70af1d0e52a9dd5559a9c29c9621
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be76ad74a43f90f340f9f479e6b04f02125f6aef
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc9ceb90c4b42c6e5c6757df1d6257110433788e

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