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CVE-2026-43183: media: cx25821: Fix a resource leak in cx25821_dev_setup()

• 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: 2026-05-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: cx25821: Fix a resource leak in cx25821_dev_setup() Add release_mem_region() if ioremap() fails to release the memory region obtained by cx25821_get_resources().

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 2.6.32 before 5.10.252; from 5.11 before 5.15.202; from 5.16 before 6.1.165; from 6.2 before 6.6.128; from 6.7 before 6.12.75; from 6.13 before 6.18.16 — fixed in 5.10.252, 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.12.75, 6.18.16, 6.19.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.252, 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.12.75. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/071bfc6e723aabbbf08f0d439fb913cd01eb8de2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4010e596d23cda6de65acb14f7fd4ce8289f1d49
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68cd8ac994cac38a305200f638b30e13c690753b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80ce3797dc99dae4ce8b939626b891c9eb85139f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f1c926248bde95a77ca104ab525467470607836
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7210170b10e2d17f7a4f6b9d39cc092442db860
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e220ec4c4596d634685b8a08d79ad876a720b466
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7759eb6738ee9fc296f6ab1705c6809947976f3

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