CVE-2023-53637

EPSS 0.02%
Veröffentlicht 07.10.2025 15:19:38
Zuletzt bearbeitet 03.02.2026 22:30:16
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: i2c: ov772x: Fix memleak in ov772x_probe()

A memory leak was reported when testing ov772x with bpf mock device:

AssertionError: unreferenced object 0xffff888109afa7a8 (size 8):
  comm "python3", pid 279, jiffies 4294805921 (age 20.681s)
  hex dump (first 8 bytes):
    80 22 88 15 81 88 ff ff                          ."......
  backtrace:
    [<000000009990b438>] __kmalloc_node+0x44/0x1b0
    [<000000009e32f7d7>] kvmalloc_node+0x34/0x180
    [<00000000faf48134>] v4l2_ctrl_handler_init_class+0x11d/0x180 [videodev]
    [<00000000da376937>] ov772x_probe+0x1c3/0x68c [ov772x]
    [<000000003f0d225e>] i2c_device_probe+0x28d/0x680
    [<00000000e0b6db89>] really_probe+0x17c/0x3f0
    [<000000001b19fcee>] __driver_probe_device+0xe3/0x170
    [<0000000048370519>] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120
    [<000000005ead07a0>] __device_attach_driver+0xf7/0x150
    [<0000000043f452b8>] bus_for_each_drv+0x114/0x180
    [<00000000358e5596>] __device_attach+0x1e5/0x2d0
    [<0000000043f83c5d>] bus_probe_device+0x126/0x140
    [<00000000ee0f3046>] device_add+0x810/0x1130
    [<00000000e0278184>] i2c_new_client_device+0x359/0x4f0
    [<0000000070baf34f>] of_i2c_register_device+0xf1/0x110
    [<00000000a9f2159d>] of_i2c_notify+0x100/0x160
unreferenced object 0xffff888119825c00 (size 256):
  comm "python3", pid 279, jiffies 4294805921 (age 20.681s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 b4 a5 17 81 88 ff ff 00 5e 82 19 81 88 ff ff  .........^......
    10 5c 82 19 81 88 ff ff 10 5c 82 19 81 88 ff ff  .\.......\......
  backtrace:
    [<000000009990b438>] __kmalloc_node+0x44/0x1b0
    [<000000009e32f7d7>] kvmalloc_node+0x34/0x180
    [<0000000073d88e0b>] v4l2_ctrl_new.cold+0x19b/0x86f [videodev]
    [<00000000b1f576fb>] v4l2_ctrl_new_std+0x16f/0x210 [videodev]
    [<00000000caf7ac99>] ov772x_probe+0x1fa/0x68c [ov772x]
    [<000000003f0d225e>] i2c_device_probe+0x28d/0x680
    [<00000000e0b6db89>] really_probe+0x17c/0x3f0
    [<000000001b19fcee>] __driver_probe_device+0xe3/0x170
    [<0000000048370519>] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120
    [<000000005ead07a0>] __device_attach_driver+0xf7/0x150
    [<0000000043f452b8>] bus_for_each_drv+0x114/0x180
    [<00000000358e5596>] __device_attach+0x1e5/0x2d0
    [<0000000043f83c5d>] bus_probe_device+0x126/0x140
    [<00000000ee0f3046>] device_add+0x810/0x1130
    [<00000000e0278184>] i2c_new_client_device+0x359/0x4f0
    [<0000000070baf34f>] of_i2c_register_device+0xf1/0x110

The reason is that if priv->hdl.error is set, ov772x_probe() jumps to the
error_mutex_destroy without doing v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(), and all
resources allocated in v4l2_ctrl_handler_init() and v4l2_ctrl_new_std()
are leaked.