CVE-2026-68221

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: nuvoton: npcm-video: fix memory leaks in probe and remove npcm_video_probe() allocates the npcm_video structure with kzalloc_obj() but never frees it on any probe error path or in npcm_video_remove(), leaking the allocation on every failed probe and every normal unbind. Additionally, when npcm_video_setup_video() fails, the reserved memory association established by of_reserved_mem_device_init() in npcm_video_init() is not released, leaking the rmem_assigned_device entry on the global list. Fix both by adding kfree(video) to all probe error paths and to npcm_video_remove(), and adding the missing of_reserved_mem_device_release() call when npcm_video_setup_video() fails.

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References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/181a0aeefd56f9285325b84789aa348aba0508bf
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50cc0e547da50b887e63dfa1ad203cd5b735d01e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65ddc021d39d6383635ee8b0970b2d1c7947e447
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b092d690a9b28795ab2db083023e8a5368cddb22

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Information

Published : 2026-08-10 13:20

Updated : 2026-08-17 05:18

NVD link : CVE-2026-68221

Mitre link : CVE-2026-68221

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-68221

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CWE

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