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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
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"
snapshot: {"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"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-68203"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-68203.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68203"
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    -\u003e platform_device_register(&vivid_pdev)\n       -\u003e device_initialize(&vivid_pdev.dev)\n       -\u003e setup_pdev_dma_masks(&vivid_pdev)\n       -\u003e 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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