CVE-2023-54266

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: dvb-usb: m920x: Fix a potential memory leak in m920x_i2c_xfer() 'read' is freed when it is known to be NULL, but not when a read error occurs. Revert the logic to avoid a small leak, should a m920x_read() call fail.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b6e20ef0585a467c24c7e4fde28518e5b33225a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cc9f11aeae2887a4db25c27323fc445f4b49e86
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4feed3dfca722c6d74865a37cab853c58e6aa190
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75d6ef197c488cd852493b4a419274e3489da79d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ca7cd02114ac8caa6b0a64734b9af6be1559353
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/809623fedc31f4e74039d93bb75a8993635d7534
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0178e938f110cdf6937f26975c0c951dbb1d9db
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d13a84874a2e0236c9325b3adc8e126d0888ad6b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea9ef6c2e001c5dc94bee35ebd1c8a98621cf7b8

Configurations

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History

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Information

Published : 2025-12-30 13:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 06:47

NVD link : CVE-2023-54266

Mitre link : CVE-2023-54266

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-54266

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Products Affected

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CWE

No CWE.

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