# CVE-2022-50254: media: ov8865: Fix an error handling path in ov8865\_probe()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-09-15 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.17

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: ov8865: Fix an error handling path in ov8865_probe() The commit in Fixes also introduced some new error handling which should goto the existing error handling path. Otherwise some resources leak.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f55a2273a7b41895ea6272e51ccb1d797cfd39b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/080e0b7404850406628674b07286f16cc389a892

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