CVE-2026-68212 PUBLISHED

media: saa7134: Fix a possible memory leak in saa7134_video_init1

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 30.07.2026 Published: 10.08.2026 Updated: 10.08.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: saa7134: Fix a possible memory leak in saa7134_video_init1

In saa7134_video_init1(), the return value of the first saa7134_pgtable_alloc() is not checked. If it fails, the function continues as if successful, leaving the driver with an invalid page table. Additionally, if vb2_queue_init() for the VBI queue fails after the video queue page table has been allocated, the allocated memory is not freed before returning. The second saa7134_pgtable_alloc() also lacks a return value check. Errors occur during device probing before the device is fully registered, the normal cleanup path in saa7134_finidev() is not executed, leading to memory leaks and potential use of uninitialized DMA resources.

Check the return value of both saa7134_pgtable_alloc() calls and propagate errors. On failure of any later step, free allocated page tables to avoid memory leaks. Ensure control handlers are also released on error to prevent further resource leakage.

Found by code review.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from a00e68888d5d2b583b13d7d58204a27207af95fd to 134c979dd721e22f196d71026432ee37d1f5cc38 (excl.)
  • affected from a00e68888d5d2b583b13d7d58204a27207af95fd to e1ef361ee31d1dba5dcae2cdd50f9c1352df0c23 (excl.)
  • affected from a00e68888d5d2b583b13d7d58204a27207af95fd to b7936e8cbec1b96b126058eeb005e5b9111df38e (excl.)
  • affected from a00e68888d5d2b583b13d7d58204a27207af95fd to 1731dd61b6c0b7435c139951d2b7eada6c9667a8 (excl.)
  • affected from a00e68888d5d2b583b13d7d58204a27207af95fd to f86ed548386e3050e5f8f25b450d09dc009d9a88 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.16 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.16 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.148 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.101 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.42 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.6 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc1 to * (incl.)

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