# CVE-2026-93223: staging: media: tegra-video: fix of\_node\_put() on VIP parse errors

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4
- Published: 2026-09-24 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from e740d199cf0ff1e53ddc2ab067c0a09b55845d68, fixed in a3783800c9475fa58b8db0885893f96a23f949da; from e740d199cf0ff1e53ddc2ab067c0a09b55845d68, fixed in 1295ba29ac590bbb5c4a586afd408018168af10b; from e740d199cf0ff1e53ddc2ab067c0a09b55845d68, fixed in 656d047dc0c29c0964d840217a0593f16aa9bc5e; from e740d199cf0ff1e53ddc2ab067c0a09b55845d68, fixed in fc9937019cf7e2fe4e29f9341e6400bcd2cde721; from e740d199cf0ff1e53ddc2ab067c0a09b55845d68, fixed in 7393372f79db940acff206b43e2905685a0c57ad
- Linux: 6.5
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.5.0, fixed in 6.6.157; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.109; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.50; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: media: tegra-video: fix of_node_put() on VIP parse errors tegra_vip_channel_of_parse() initializes np from dev->of_node without taking a reference, but its error paths drop one through the err_node_put label. This underflows the refcount of the VIP device's OF node when endpoint parsing fails on a malformed device tree. The only reference the function takes on np is the success-path of_node_get() stored in vip->chan.of_node, and that one is already released by the tegra_vip_init() error path and by tegra_vip_exit(). Return errors directly instead of jumping to the bogus cleanup label.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3783800c9475fa58b8db0885893f96a23f949da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1295ba29ac590bbb5c4a586afd408018168af10b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/656d047dc0c29c0964d840217a0593f16aa9bc5e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc9937019cf7e2fe4e29f9341e6400bcd2cde721
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7393372f79db940acff206b43e2905685a0c57ad

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