{"id":"CVE-2026-68221","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"media: nuvoton: npcm-video: fix memory leaks in probe and remove","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: nuvoton: npcm-video: fix memory leaks in probe and remove\n\nnpcm_video_probe() allocates the npcm_video structure with kzalloc_obj()\nbut never frees it on any probe error path or in npcm_video_remove(),\nleaking the allocation on every failed probe and every normal unbind.\n\nAdditionally, when npcm_video_setup_video() fails, the reserved memory\nassociation established by of_reserved_mem_device_init() in\nnpcm_video_init() is not released, leaking the rmem_assigned_device\nentry on the global list.\n\nFix both by adding kfree(video) to all probe error paths and to\nnpcm_video_remove(), and adding the missing\nof_reserved_mem_device_release() call when 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nuvoton: npcm-video: fix memory leaks in probe and remove","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: nuvoton: npcm-video: fix memory leaks in probe and remove\n\nnpcm_video_probe() allocates the npcm_video structure with kzalloc_obj()\nbut never frees it on any probe error path or in npcm_video_remove(),\nleaking the allocation on every failed probe and every normal unbind.\n\nAdditionally, when npcm_video_setup_video() fails, the reserved memory\nassociation established by of_reserved_mem_device_init() in\nnpcm_video_init() is not released, leaking the rmem_assigned_device\nentry on the global list.\n\nFix both by adding kfree(video) to all probe error paths and to\nnpcm_video_remove(), and adding the missing\nof_reserved_mem_device_release() call when 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