# CVE-2022-50175: media: tw686x: Fix memory leak in tw686x\_video\_init

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-06-18 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: tw686x: Fix memory leak in tw686x_video_init video_device_alloc() allocates memory for vdev, when video_register_device() fails, it doesn't release the memory and leads to memory leak, call video_device_release() to fix this.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/611f86965df013d6021e6cd0d155b1734ad2cf21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0597bcf774896a002edcc7934a9cdbb932b66702
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c142a7531b90c6b0f946c82d3f504b3f36a207df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b412db51db24dfba22c96948580d4a12f831397
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0b212ec9d8177d6f7c404315293f6a085d6ee42

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