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CVE-2023-53637— media: i2c: ov772x: Fix memleak in ov772x_probe()

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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于ov772x_probe函数存在内存泄漏。

AI Predicted 5.5 Difficulty: Moderate EPSS 0.20% · P9

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1496 · Resource Hijacking

Affected Version Matrix 16

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 1112babde21483d86ed3fbad1320b0ddf9ab2ece< cc3b6011d7a9f149489eb9420c6305a779162c57 affected
1112babde21483d86ed3fbad1320b0ddf9ab2ece< 448ce1cd50387b1345ec14eb191ef05f7afc2a26 affected
1112babde21483d86ed3fbad1320b0ddf9ab2ece< dfaafeb8e9537969e8dba75491f732478c7fa9d6 affected
1112babde21483d86ed3fbad1320b0ddf9ab2ece< 1da495101ef7507eb4f4b1dbec2874d740eff251 affected
1112babde21483d86ed3fbad1320b0ddf9ab2ece< ac93f8ac66e60227bed42d5a023f0e6c15b52c0a affected
1112babde21483d86ed3fbad1320b0ddf9ab2ece< c86d760c1c6855a6131e78d0ddacc48c79324ac3 affected
1112babde21483d86ed3fbad1320b0ddf9ab2ece< 7485edb2b6ca5960205c0a49bedfd09bba30e521 affected
4.17 affected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2023-53637

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Vulnerability Title
media: i2c: ov772x: Fix memleak in ov772x_probe()
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c: ov772x: Fix memleak in ov772x_probe() A memory leak was reported when testing ov772x with bpf mock device: AssertionError: unreferenced object 0xffff888109afa7a8 (size 8): comm "python3", pid 279, jiffies 4294805921 (age 20.681s) hex dump (first 8 bytes): 80 22 88 15 81 88 ff ff ."...... backtrace: [<000000009990b438>] __kmalloc_node+0x44/0x1b0 [<000000009e32f7d7>] kvmalloc_node+0x34/0x180 [<00000000faf48134>] v4l2_ctrl_handler_init_class+0x11d/0x180 [videodev] [<00000000da376937>] ov772x_probe+0x1c3/0x68c [ov772x] [<000000003f0d225e>] i2c_device_probe+0x28d/0x680 [<00000000e0b6db89>] really_probe+0x17c/0x3f0 [<000000001b19fcee>] __driver_probe_device+0xe3/0x170 [<0000000048370519>] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120 [<000000005ead07a0>] __device_attach_driver+0xf7/0x150 [<0000000043f452b8>] bus_for_each_drv+0x114/0x180 [<00000000358e5596>] __device_attach+0x1e5/0x2d0 [<0000000043f83c5d>] bus_probe_device+0x126/0x140 [<00000000ee0f3046>] device_add+0x810/0x1130 [<00000000e0278184>] i2c_new_client_device+0x359/0x4f0 [<0000000070baf34f>] of_i2c_register_device+0xf1/0x110 [<00000000a9f2159d>] of_i2c_notify+0x100/0x160 unreferenced object 0xffff888119825c00 (size 256): comm "python3", pid 279, jiffies 4294805921 (age 20.681s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 b4 a5 17 81 88 ff ff 00 5e 82 19 81 88 ff ff .........^...... 10 5c 82 19 81 88 ff ff 10 5c 82 19 81 88 ff ff .\.......\...... backtrace: [<000000009990b438>] __kmalloc_node+0x44/0x1b0 [<000000009e32f7d7>] kvmalloc_node+0x34/0x180 [<0000000073d88e0b>] v4l2_ctrl_new.cold+0x19b/0x86f [videodev] [<00000000b1f576fb>] v4l2_ctrl_new_std+0x16f/0x210 [videodev] [<00000000caf7ac99>] ov772x_probe+0x1fa/0x68c [ov772x] [<000000003f0d225e>] i2c_device_probe+0x28d/0x680 [<00000000e0b6db89>] really_probe+0x17c/0x3f0 [<000000001b19fcee>] __driver_probe_device+0xe3/0x170 [<0000000048370519>] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120 [<000000005ead07a0>] __device_attach_driver+0xf7/0x150 [<0000000043f452b8>] bus_for_each_drv+0x114/0x180 [<00000000358e5596>] __device_attach+0x1e5/0x2d0 [<0000000043f83c5d>] bus_probe_device+0x126/0x140 [<00000000ee0f3046>] device_add+0x810/0x1130 [<00000000e0278184>] i2c_new_client_device+0x359/0x4f0 [<0000000070baf34f>] of_i2c_register_device+0xf1/0x110 The reason is that if priv->hdl.error is set, ov772x_probe() jumps to the error_mutex_destroy without doing v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(), and all resources allocated in v4l2_ctrl_handler_init() and v4l2_ctrl_new_std() are leaked.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于ov772x_probe函数存在内存泄漏。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

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Linux Linux 1112babde21483d86ed3fbad1320b0ddf9ab2ece ~ cc3b6011d7a9f149489eb9420c6305a779162c57 -
Linux Linux 4.17 -

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Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-10-07 · 118 CVEs total

CVE-2023-53629 9.8 CRITICAL fs: dlm: fix use after free in midcomms commit
CVE-2023-53630 8.8 HIGH iommufd: Fix unpinning of pages when an access is present
CVE-2023-53676 8.8 HIGH scsi: target: iscsi: Fix buffer overflow in lio_target_nacl_info_show()
CVE-2023-53675 8.8 HIGH scsi: ses: Fix possible desc_ptr out-of-bounds accesses
CVE-2023-53673 8.8 HIGH Bluetooth: hci_event: call disconnect callback before deleting conn
CVE-2023-53679 8.3 HIGH wifi: mt7601u: fix an integer underflow
CVE-2023-53635 8.2 HIGH netfilter: conntrack: fix wrong ct->timeout value
CVE-2022-50555 7.8 HIGH tipc: fix a null-ptr-deref in tipc_topsrv_accept
CVE-2023-53659 7.8 HIGH iavf: Fix out-of-bounds when setting channels on remove
CVE-2023-53619 7.8 HIGH netfilter: conntrack: Avoid nf_ct_helper_hash uses after free
CVE-2023-53643 7.8 HIGH nvme-tcp: don't access released socket during error recovery
CVE-2023-53660 7.8 HIGH bpf, cpumap: Handle skb as well when clean up ptr_ring
CVE-2023-53645 7.8 HIGH bpf: Make bpf_refcount_acquire fallible for non-owning refs
CVE-2023-53646 7.8 HIGH drm/i915/perf: add sentinel to xehp_oa_b_counters
CVE-2023-53669 7.8 HIGH tcp: fix skb_copy_ubufs() vs BIG TCP
CVE-2023-53626 7.8 HIGH ext4: fix possible double unlock when moving a directory
CVE-2023-53627 7.8 HIGH scsi: hisi_sas: Grab sas_dev lock when traversing the members of sas_dev.list
CVE-2022-50528 7.8 HIGH drm/amdkfd: Fix memory leakage
CVE-2023-53683 7.8 HIGH fs: hfsplus: remove WARN_ON() from hfsplus_cat_{read,write}_inode()
CVE-2022-50543 7.8 HIGH RDMA/rxe: Fix mr->map double free

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