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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: chips-media: wave5: Fix memory leak on codec_info allocation failure In wave5_vpu_open_enc() and wave5_vpu_open_dec(), a vpu instance is allocated via kzalloc(). If the subsequent allocation for inst->codec_info fails, the functions return -ENOMEM without freeing the previously allocated instance, causing a memory leak. Fix this by calling kfree() on the instance in this error path to ensure it is properly released.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-13 | Published 2026-05-27 | Updated 2026-05-27 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

9707a6254a8a6b978bde811a44fe07d86c229d1c (git) before 52defdd4034db1a34bb48006f889d66a3629224b
affected

9707a6254a8a6b978bde811a44fe07d86c229d1c (git) before 1de71556cbd6e1d0d26fb86b9b3bb8caa0df8495
affected

9707a6254a8a6b978bde811a44fe07d86c229d1c (git) before 32e9e45cf7e3422d21fa64535588d3572faf71c3
affected

9707a6254a8a6b978bde811a44fe07d86c229d1c (git) before a519e21e32398459ba357e67b541402f7295ee1b
affected

Default status
affected

6.8
affected

Any version before 6.8
unaffected

6.12.75 (semver)
unaffected

6.18.14 (semver)
unaffected

6.19.4 (semver)
unaffected

7.0 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/52defdd4034db1a34bb48006f889d66a3629224b

git.kernel.org/...c/1de71556cbd6e1d0d26fb86b9b3bb8caa0df8495

git.kernel.org/...c/32e9e45cf7e3422d21fa64535588d3572faf71c3

git.kernel.org/...c/a519e21e32398459ba357e67b541402f7295ee1b

cve.org (CVE-2026-45928)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-45928)

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