CVE-2026-93071

media: bcm2835-unicam: Fix asc leaked in error/remove path

Published Sep 17, 2026 CVSS n/a EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: bcm2835-unicam: Fix asc leaked in error/remove path

v4l2_async_nf_add_fwnode_remote() allocates the asc, which is freed when
v4l2_async_nf_cleanup() is called.

Call v4l2_async_nf_cleanup() properly in the driver paths.

Discovered with kmemleak after rmmod:

unreferenced object 0xffff000084526b80 (size 64):
comm "modprobe", pid 185, jiffies 4295013512
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e8 0d ff bf 00 00 ff ff ................
40 83 bc 84 00 00 ff ff 60 83 bc 84 00 00 ff ff @.......`.......
backtrace (crc ac584083):
[<00000000ffb081a7>] kmemleak_alloc+0x38/0x44
[<00000000d2fd9301>] __kmalloc+0x1b0/0x250
[<000000004dd5354d>] __v4l2_async_nf_add_fwnode+0x28/0x9c
[<0000000067587657>] __v4l2_async_nf_add_fwnode_remote+0x3c/0x64

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4817-1 linux-6.12 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6528-1 linux security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-9019-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-9020-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-200
CWE-401
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: bcm2835-unicam: Fix asc leaked in error/remove path v4l2_async_nf_add_fwnode_remote() allocates the asc, which is freed when v4l2_async_nf_cleanup() is called. Call v4l2_async_nf_cleanup() properly in the driver paths. Discovered with kmemleak after rmmod: unreferenced object 0xffff000084526b80 (size 64): comm "modprobe", pid 185, jiffies 4295013512 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e8 0d ff bf 00 00 ff ff ................ 40 83 bc 84 00 00 ff ff 60 83 bc 84 00 00 ff ff @.......`....... backtrace (crc ac584083): [<00000000ffb081a7>] kmemleak_alloc+0x38/0x44 [<00000000d2fd9301>] __kmalloc+0x1b0/0x250 [<000000004dd5354d>] __v4l2_async_nf_add_fwnode+0x28/0x9c [<0000000067587657>] __v4l2_async_nf_add_fwnode_remote+0x3c/0x64
Title media: bcm2835-unicam: Fix asc leaked in error/remove path
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
Oct 19, 2026, 9:05 AM
Reserved
Sep 17, 2026, 3:57 PM
Status
Received
Published
Sep 17, 2026, 5:18 PM
Modified
Oct 19, 2026, 10:16 AM