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    "id": "CVE-2026-68203",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68203",
    "idYear": 2026,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2026-08-10T12:00:22.319Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T12:43:32.072Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z",
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      "id": "cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline",
      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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      "title": "media: vivid: fix cleanup bugs in vivid_init()",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: vivid: fix cleanup bugs in vivid_init()\n\nWhen platform_device_register() fails in vivid_init(), the embedded\nstruct device in vivid_pdev has already been initialized by\ndevice_initialize(), but the failure path jumps to free_output_strings\nwithout dropping the device reference for the current platform device:\n\n  vivid_init()\n    -> platform_device_register(&vivid_pdev)\n       -> device_initialize(&vivid_pdev.dev)\n       -> setup_pdev_dma_masks(&vivid_pdev)\n       -> platform_device_add(&vivid_pdev)\n\nThis leads to a reference leak when platform_device_register() fails.\nFix this by calling platform_device_put() before jumping to the common\ncleanup path.\n\nAlso, the unreg_driver label incorrectly calls\nplatform_driver_register() instead of platform_driver_unregister(),\nwhich breaks cleanup when workqueue creation fails after successful\ndriver registration. Fix that as well.\n\nThe reference leak was identified by a static analysis tool I developed\nand confirmed by manual review. The incorrect cleanup call was found\nduring code inspection.",
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