# CVE-2025-38228: media: imagination: fix a potential memory leak in e5010\_probe()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-07-04 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: imagination: fix a potential memory leak in e5010_probe() Add video_device_release() to release the memory allocated by video_device_alloc() if something goes wrong.

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a2bd7df402decbdefd0acb64ba4e17a0a2a4117
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fac3b9a91fa099d9bad29648127c0328d6c478c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/609ba05b9484856b08869f827a6edee51d51b5f3

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