{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53700","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  media: max9286: Fix memleak in max9286_v4l2_register()  There is a kmemleak when testing the media/i2c/max9286.c with bpf mock device:  kmemleak: 5 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak)  unreferenced object 0xffff88810defc400 (size 256):   comm \"python3\", pid 278, jiffies 4294737563 (age 31.978s)   hex dump (first 32 bytes):     28 06 a7 0a 81 88 ff ff 00 fe 22 12 81 88 ff ff  (.........\".....     10 c4 ef 0d 81 88 ff ff 10 c4 ef 0d 81 88 ff ff  ................   backtrace:     [\u003c00000000191de6a7\u003e] __kmalloc_node+0x44/0x1b0     [\u003c000000002f4912b7\u003e] kvmalloc_node+0x34/0x180     [\u003c0000000057dc4cae\u003e] v4l2_ctrl_new+0x325/0x10f0 [videodev]     [\u003c0000000026030272\u003e] v4l2_ctrl_new_std+0x16f/0x210 [videodev]     [\u003c00000000f0d9ea2f\u003e] max9286_probe+0x76e/0xbff [max9286]     [\u003c00000000ea8f6455\u003e] i2c_device_probe+0x28d/0x680     [\u003c0000000087529af3\u003e] really_probe+0x17c/0x3f0     [\u003c00000000b08be526\u003e] __driver_probe_device+0xe3/0x170     [\u003c000000004382edea\u003e] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120     [\u003c000000007bde528a\u003e] __device_attach_driver+0xf7/0x150     [\u003c000000009f9c6ab4\u003e] bus_for_each_drv+0x114/0x180     [\u003c00000000c8aaf588\u003e] __device_attach+0x1e5/0x2d0     [\u003c0000000041cc06b9\u003e] bus_probe_device+0x126/0x140     [\u003c000000002309860d\u003e] device_add+0x810/0x1130     [\u003c000000002827bf98\u003e] i2c_new_client_device+0x359/0x4f0     [\u003c00000000593bdc85\u003e] of_i2c_register_device+0xf1/0x110  max9286_v4l2_register() calls v4l2_ctrl_new_std(), but won't free the created v412_ctrl when fwnode_graph_get_endpoint_by_id() failed, which causes the memleak. Call v4l2_ctrl_handler_free() to free the v412_ctrl.","modified":"2026-09-15T08:47:32.864053193Z","published":"2025-10-22T14:15:44.547Z","upstream":["CVE-2023-53700"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53700"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"linux","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1.20-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53700.json"}},{"package":{"name":"linux","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1.20-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53700.json"}},{"package":{"name":"linux","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1.20-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53700.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}