media: radio-keene: fix memory leak in error path
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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d8558a232ecb187e8e0328d6347a125f437a0fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/242b0aabb1866024a7995a767ac330c158b39aa4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27c508f61963013fdf29097578284099ee7a85a4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fe28a63d598235595a9601e0d8fdc7c8f4fd575
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fa9754f48cb8eefa566156be341e63d313247e5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad85bb5623079a35bd400f51de2e2fbc2170bdb2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8bf939d77c0cd01118e953bbf554e0fa15e9006
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de204d87e7d61859937272fe30cbdd46a4cfb10a
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/43xxx/CVE-2026-43231.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43231