# CVE-2026-43246: media: i2c/tw9906: Fix potential memory leak in tw9906\_probe()

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

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c/tw9906: Fix potential memory leak in tw9906_probe() In one of the error paths in tw9906_probe(), the memory allocated in v4l2_ctrl_handler_init() and v4l2_ctrl_new_std() is not freed. Fix that by calling v4l2_ctrl_handler_free() on the handler in that error path.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9a490937942f18205dac7b6b192975ef1369ae1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9548a8bbf511a252a9848f96220c6b95c9a3b918
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c33338514d8246280533a77091e6b6ee548c606
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccb92def042a3636ed47f25a30bd553788e5191e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb09d8b80046216646f1a344410cfa9cfa6c6c7c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/377a7756914364d72550fc86ca0f404ef1d96141
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59420d5d9c46b084e21f9ea6ce79fc79ae9e414c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cad237b6c875fbee5d353a2b289e98d240d17ec8

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