Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: vivid: fix cleanup bugs in vivid_init()
When platform_device_register() fails in vivid_init(), the embedded struct device in vivid_pdev has already been initialized by device_initialize(), but the failure path jumps to free_output_strings without dropping the device reference for the current platform device:
vivid_init() -> platform_device_register(&vivid_pdev) -> device_initialize(&vivid_pdev.dev) -> setup_pdev_dma_masks(&vivid_pdev) -> platform_device_add(&vivid_pdev)
This leads to a reference leak when platform_device_register() fails. Fix this by calling platform_device_put() before jumping to the common cleanup path.
Also, the unreg_driver label incorrectly calls platform_driver_register() instead of platform_driver_unregister(), which breaks cleanup when workqueue creation fails after successful driver registration. Fix that as well.
The reference leak was identified by a static analysis tool I developed and confirmed by manual review. The incorrect cleanup call was found during code inspection.
Metrics
No CVSS score has been published yet.
Affected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= f46d740fb0258982f00ffdbddc6486e674edafb5, < 6c7307c1b45da4fef6b445ca5c113457d86a7806; >= f46d740fb0258982f00ffdbddc6486e674edafb5, < ae6ccae32f51f788035d2c5cec898491dd7150ef; >= f46d740fb0258982f00ffdbddc6486e674edafb5, < 4385092a86b94e1f332db35a3766108978c0722f; >= f46d740fb0258982f00ffdbddc6486e674edafb5, < 1349af7f87df57940619f5b87990b799dac9ed8a; >= f46d740fb0258982f00ffdbddc6486e674edafb5, < 6d51ad8f1c50c50d1abcc97fd243179967184c6a; >= f46d740fb0258982f00ffdbddc6486e674edafb5, < a07c179a92e949172ca52f6d4a13202ea88cd4b7 |
| Linux | Linux | 4.1 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1349af7f87df57940619f5b87990b799dac9ed8a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4385092a86b94e1f332db35a3766108978c0722f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c7307c1b45da4fef6b445ca5c113457d86a7806
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d51ad8f1c50c50d1abcc97fd243179967184c6a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a07c179a92e949172ca52f6d4a13202ea88cd4b7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae6ccae32f51f788035d2c5cec898491dd7150ef
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 10, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 30, 2026
- NVD status
- Received