{"id":"CVE-2026-45928","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"media: chips-media: wave5: Fix memory leak on codec_info allocation failure","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: chips-media: wave5: Fix memory leak on codec_info allocation failure\n\nIn wave5_vpu_open_enc() and wave5_vpu_open_dec(), a vpu instance is\nallocated via kzalloc(). If the subsequent allocation for inst->codec_info\nfails, the functions return -ENOMEM without freeing the previously\nallocated instance, causing a memory leak.\n\nFix this by calling kfree() on the instance in this error path to ensure\nit is properly released.","publishedAt":"2026-05-27T12:17:47.075Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-27T12:17:47.075Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"9707a6254a8a6b978bde811a44fe07d86c229d1c","status":"affected","lessThan":"52defdd4034db1a34bb48006f889d66a3629224b","versionType":"git"},{"version":"9707a6254a8a6b978bde811a44fe07d86c229d1c","status":"affected","lessThan":"1de71556cbd6e1d0d26fb86b9b3bb8caa0df8495","versionType":"git"},{"version":"9707a6254a8a6b978bde811a44fe07d86c229d1c","status":"affected","lessThan":"32e9e45cf7e3422d21fa64535588d3572faf71c3","versionType":"git"},{"version":"9707a6254a8a6b978bde811a44fe07d86c229d1c","status":"affected","lessThan":"a519e21e32398459ba357e67b541402f7295ee1b","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c","drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.8","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.75","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.14","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.19.4","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c","drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52defdd4034db1a34bb48006f889d66a3629224b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1de71556cbd6e1d0d26fb86b9b3bb8caa0df8495","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32e9e45cf7e3422d21fa64535588d3572faf71c3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a519e21e32398459ba357e67b541402f7295ee1b"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:12:07.131Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45928.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-45928","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-05-27T12:17:47.075Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-27T12:17:47.075Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2026-05-13T15:03:33.086Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"media: chips-media: wave5: Fix memory leak on codec_info allocation failure","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: chips-media: wave5: Fix memory leak on codec_info allocation failure\n\nIn wave5_vpu_open_enc() and wave5_vpu_open_dec(), a vpu instance is\nallocated via kzalloc(). 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