{"cve":"CVE-2023-53700","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-22T14:15:44.547","modified":"2026-10-28T19:10:00.193","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: max9286: Fix memleak in max9286_v4l2_register()\n\nThere is a kmemleak when testing the media/i2c/max9286.c with bpf mock\ndevice:\n\nkmemleak: 5 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak)\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff88810defc400 (size 256):\n  comm \"python3\", pid 278, jiffies 4294737563 (age 31.978s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    28 06 a7 0a 81 88 ff ff 00 fe 22 12 81 88 ff ff  (.........\".....\n    10 c4 ef 0d 81 88 ff ff 10 c4 ef 0d 81 88 ff ff  ................\n  backtrace:\n    [<00000000191de6a7>] __kmalloc_node+0x44/0x1b0\n    [<000000002f4912b7>] kvmalloc_node+0x34/0x180\n    [<0000000057dc4cae>] v4l2_ctrl_new+0x325/0x10f0 [videodev]\n    [<0000000026030272>] v4l2_ctrl_new_std+0x16f/0x210 [videodev]\n    [<00000000f0d9ea2f>] max9286_probe+0x76e/0xbff [max9286]\n    [<00000000ea8f6455>] i2c_device_probe+0x28d/0x680\n    [<0000000087529af3>] really_probe+0x17c/0x3f0\n    [<00000000b08be526>] __driver_probe_device+0xe3/0x170\n    [<000000004382edea>] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120\n    [<000000007bde528a>] __device_attach_driver+0xf7/0x150\n    [<000000009f9c6ab4>] bus_for_each_drv+0x114/0x180\n    [<00000000c8aaf588>] __device_attach+0x1e5/0x2d0\n    [<0000000041cc06b9>] bus_probe_device+0x126/0x140\n    [<000000002309860d>] device_add+0x810/0x1130\n    [<000000002827bf98>] i2c_new_client_device+0x359/0x4f0\n    [<00000000593bdc85>] of_i2c_register_device+0xf1/0x110\n\nmax9286_v4l2_register() calls v4l2_ctrl_new_std(), but won't free the\ncreated v412_ctrl when fwnode_graph_get_endpoint_by_id() failed, which\ncauses the memleak. Call v4l2_ctrl_handler_free() to free the v412_ctrl.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/505ff3a0c5951684c3a43094ca4c1a74683d5681","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5897fe3ebe8252993579e1bee715ebfe5504e052","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e31213fa017c20ccc989033a5f4a626473aa2ca","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/724039e013b34f46344abdbf8c74e6a65a828327","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8636c5fc7658c7c6299fb8b352d24ea4b9ba99e2"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-28T19:37:43.506563291+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53700","score":0.00214,"percentile":0.11696,"date":"2026-10-28"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}