Medium 5.5Published May 1, 2024

CVE-2024-27078media: v4l2-tpg: fix some memleaks in tpg_alloc

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 09:10 UTC)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: v4l2-tpg: fix some memleaks in tpg_alloc In tpg_alloc, resources should be deallocated in each and every error-handling paths, since they are allocated in for statements. Otherwise there would be memleaks because tpg_free is called only when tpg_alloc return 0.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 15, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	63881df94d3ecbb0deafa0b77da62ff2f32961c4 builds before 0de691ff547d86dd54c24b40a81f9c925df8dd77; 63881df94d3ecbb0deafa0b77da62ff2f32961c4 builds before 8269ab16415f2065cd792c49b0475543936cbd79; from 63881df94d3ecbb0deafa0b77da62ff2f32961c4 before 94303a06e1852a366e9671fff46d19459f88cb28; 63881df94d3ecbb0deafa0b77da62ff2f32961c4 builds before 770a57922ce36a8476c43f7400b6501c554ea511; 63881df94d3ecbb0deafa0b77da62ff2f32961c4 builds before 6bf5c2fade8ed53b2d26fa9875e5b04f36c7145d; 63881df94d3ecbb0deafa0b77da62ff2f32961c4 builds before 4c86c772fef06f5d7a66151bac42366825db0941; 63881df94d3ecbb0deafa0b77da62ff2f32961c4 builds before 31096da07933598da8522c54bd007376fb152a09; 63881df94d3ecbb0deafa0b77da62ff2f32961c4 builds before 622b1cf38521569869c8f7b9fbe9e4f1a289add7; and 1 more ranges	CNA record
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem siemens:simatic_s7_1500_tm_mfp_gnu_linux_subsystem (from the name)	before V1.1.1	CISA ADP
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 3.18 before 4.19.311; from 4.20 before 5.4.273; from 5.5 before 5.10.214; from 5.11 before 5.15.153; from 5.16 before 6.1.83; from 6.2 before 6.6.23; from 6.7 before 6.7.11; from 6.8 before 6.8.2	NVD

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0de691ff547d86dd54c24b40a81f9c925df8dd77patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8269ab16415f2065cd792c49b0475543936cbd79patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94303a06e1852a366e9671fff46d19459f88cb28patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/770a57922ce36a8476c43f7400b6501c554ea511patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bf5c2fade8ed53b2d26fa9875e5b04f36c7145dpatch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c86c772fef06f5d7a66151bac42366825db0941patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31096da07933598da8522c54bd007376fb152a09patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/622b1cf38521569869c8f7b9fbe9e4f1a289add7patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cf9c5051076e0eb958f4361d50d8b0c3ee6691cpatch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.htmlmailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.htmlmailing-list
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html

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