CVE-2023-54208 | media: ov5675: Fix memleak in ov5675_init_controls()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: ov5675: Fix memleak in ov5675_init_controls() There is a kmemleak when testing the media/i2c/ov5675.c with bpf mock device: AssertionError: unreferenced object 0xffff888107362160 (size 16): comm "python3", pid 277, jiffies 4294832798 (age 20.722s) hex dump (first 16 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<00000000abe7d67c>] __kmalloc_node+0x44/0x1b0 [<000000008a725aac>] kvmalloc_node+0x34/0x180 [<000000009a53cd11>] v4l2_ctrl_handler_init_class+0x11d/0x180 [videodev] [<0000000055b46db0>] ov5675_probe+0x38b/0x897 [ov5675] [<00000000153d886c>] i2c_device_probe+0x28d/0x680 [<000000004afb7e8f>] really_probe+0x17c/0x3f0 [<00000000ff2f18e4>] __driver_probe_device+0xe3/0x170 [<000000000a001029>] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120 [<00000000e39743c7>] __device_attach_driver+0xf7/0x150 [<00000000d32fd070>] bus_for_each_drv+0x114/0x180 [<000000009083ac41>] __device_attach+0x1e5/0x2d0 [<0000000015b4a830>] bus_probe_device+0x126/0x140 [<000000007813deaf>] device_add+0x810/0x1130 [<000000007becb867>] i2c_new_client_device+0x386/0x540 [<000000007f9cf4b4>] of_i2c_register_device+0xf1/0x110 [<00000000ebfdd032>] of_i2c_notify+0xfc/0x1f0 ov5675_init_controls() won't clean all the allocated resources in fail path, which may causes the memleaks. Add v4l2_ctrl_handler_free() to prevent memleak.

Published: 2025-12-30 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-54208 is rated Low Risk (7/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-54208

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# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.02% 0.17% +0.15%
2 2025-12-31 0.02%

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-54208

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-54208

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-54208 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-54208
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54208
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54208/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-54208 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 173, released 130, not-affected 91, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-54208

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-54208

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 5.4, < 5.4.235 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.4, < 5.10.173 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.4, < 5.15.99 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.4, < 6.1.16 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.4, < 6.2.3 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.4, < 6.3 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-54208

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