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CVE-2023-54266
media: dvb-usb: m920x: Fix a potential memory leak in m920x_i2c_xfer()
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/809623fedc31f4e74039d93bb75a8993635d7534
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0178e938f110cdf6937f26975c0c951dbb1d9db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75d6ef197c488cd852493b4a419274e3489da79d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d13a84874a2e0236c9325b3adc8e126d0888ad6b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ca7cd02114ac8caa6b0a64734b9af6be1559353
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b6e20ef0585a467c24c7e4fde28518e5b33225a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4feed3dfca722c6d74865a37cab853c58e6aa190
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cc9f11aeae2887a4db25c27323fc445f4b49e86
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea9ef6c2e001c5dc94bee35ebd1c8a98621cf7b8
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
82ce3084892c0c0e006ec61f6144f2cc4e5ece88, 7dca4428d7eb33c89979e620228fe557593fde66, fe791612afabaeee9b911bd7b955985bcf5ff314, 830e5d1b4344c2575020ee4bdf63fb48e2b56ce3, 0c044e39d52abfbb4cb43dbc5a09c1dc1ed24648, a2ab06d7c4d6bfd0b545a768247a70463e977e27, 08cb4f0da9926277101d18d817048e1328ac2563, 273cac7a89712ba6b898214af150b71dc33abe0c, b7e221dc8f23727e00a7fb6709b3318547a7c4d8, 4.14.263, 4.19.226, 5.4.174, 5.10.94, 5.15.17, 4.4.300, 4.9.298, 5.16.3, 5.17, 0, 4.14.326, 4.19.295, 5.4.257, 5.10.195, 5.15.132, 6.1.53, 6.4.16, 6.5.3, 6.6
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 30th, 2025
Last Modified:
May 23rd, 2026
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
No vector data available
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.