5.5
CVE-2023-53637
- EPSS 0.19%
- Veröffentlicht 07.10.2025 15:19:38
- Zuletzt bearbeitet 03.02.2026 22:30:16
- Quelle 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081f
- CVE-Watchlists
- Unerledigt
media: i2c: ov772x: Fix memleak in ov772x_probe()
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.Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 4.17 < 4.19.276
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 4.20 < 5.4.235
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.5 < 5.10.173
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.99
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.16
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.2.3
VulnDex Vulnerability Enrichment
| Typ | Quelle | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSS | FIRST.org | 0.19% | 0.083 |
| Quelle | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvd@nist.gov | 5.5 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
|
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc3b6011d7a9f149489eb9420c6305a779162c57
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/448ce1cd50387b1345ec14eb191ef05f7afc2a26
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfaafeb8e9537969e8dba75491f732478c7fa9d6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1da495101ef7507eb4f4b1dbec2874d740eff251
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac93f8ac66e60227bed42d5a023f0e6c15b52c0a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c86d760c1c6855a6131e78d0ddacc48c79324ac3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7485edb2b6ca5960205c0a49bedfd09bba30e521