{"id":"CVE-2026-68203","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-68203","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:14:56.223Z","title":"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…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: vivid: fix cleanup bugs in vivid_init()\n\nWhen platform_device_register() fails in vivid_init(), the embedded\nstruct device in vivid_pdev has already been initialized by\ndevice_initialize(), but the failure path jumps to free_output_strings\nwithout dropping the device reference for the current platform device:\n\n  vivid_init()\n    -> platform_device_register(&vivid_pdev)\n       -> device_initialize(&vivid_pdev.dev)\n       -> setup_pdev_dma_masks(&vivid_pdev)\n       -> platform_device_add(&vivid_pdev)\n\nThis leads to a reference leak when platform_device_register() fails.\nFix this by calling platform_device_put() before jumping to the common\ncleanup path.\n\nAlso, the unreg_driver label incorrectly calls\nplatform_driver_register() instead of platform_driver_unregister(),\nwhich breaks cleanup when workqueue creation fails after successful\ndriver registration. Fix that as well.\n\nThe reference leak was identified by a static analysis tool I developed\nand confirmed by manual review. The incorrect cleanup call was found\nduring code inspection.","published":"2026-08-10T13:20:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-21T13:19:25.000Z","status":"Received","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":null,"cwe":[],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00209,"percentile":0.10947,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"unknown","text":"Not yet scored. NVD analysis is pending; check back once CVSS and EPSS values are published."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1349af7f87df57940619f5b87990b799dac9ed8a","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4385092a86b94e1f332db35a3766108978c0722f","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d51ad8f1c50c50d1abcc97fd243179967184c6a","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a07c179a92e949172ca52f6d4a13202ea88cd4b7","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae6ccae32f51f788035d2c5cec898491dd7150ef","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68203","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}