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CVE-2023-54078: media: max9286: Free control handler

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 0/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.21% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 0f25f99dacc72bce7d4128f7a254b23f1a343cc7, 19f36204dbe28bf4ec0149e87e9996a56af4e654, 1ad4b8c4552b4096dfc86531462dc1899f96af94.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 0f25f99dacc72bce7d4128f7a254b23f1a343cc7, 19f36204dbe28bf4ec0149e87e9996a56af4e654, 1ad4b8c4552b4096dfc86531462dc1899f96af94 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: max9286: Free control handler The control handler is leaked in some probe-time error paths, as well as in the remove path. Fix it.

—No exploit Fix available
Published
Dec 24, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 11th percentile
CWE
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0

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
0 / 40 · —
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 5.9affected
    • 66d8c9d2422da21ed41f75c03ba0685987b65fe0 and later · before 9a3a907cf69f804eb41ece5c079720d1a6a15aa1affected · git
    • 66d8c9d2422da21ed41f75c03ba0685987b65fe0 and later · before 1ad4b8c4552b4096dfc86531462dc1899f96af94affected · git
    • 66d8c9d2422da21ed41f75c03ba0685987b65fe0 and later · before 1e9fc6c473210138eff3425a6136f0a9bf4eb0aeaffected · git
    • 66d8c9d2422da21ed41f75c03ba0685987b65fe0 and later · before 0f25f99dacc72bce7d4128f7a254b23f1a343cc7affected · git
    • 66d8c9d2422da21ed41f75c03ba0685987b65fe0 and later · before 19f36204dbe28bf4ec0149e87e9996a56af4e654affected · git
    • 66d8c9d2422da21ed41f75c03ba0685987b65fe0 and later · before bfce6a12e5ba1edde95126aa06778027f16115d4affected · git
    • before 5.9not affected · semver
    • 5.10.180 and later · up to and including 5.10.*not affected · semver
    • 5.15.111 and later · up to and including 5.15.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.37-16.1.37-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.3.7-16.3.7-1

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    40Plan
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    40Plan
  • CVE-2026-74475vxlan: use neigh_ha_snapshot() in route_shortcircuit()
    40Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-54076Dec 24, 2025 · smb: client: fix missed ses refcounting
    39Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-54077Dec 24, 2025 · fs/ntfs3: Fix memory leak if ntfs_read_mft failed
    31Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-54079Dec 24, 2025 · power: supply: bq27xxx: Fix poll_interval handling and races on remove
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux0f25f99dacc72bce7d4128f7a254b23f1a343cc7Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux19f36204dbe28bf4ec0149e87e9996a56af4e654Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux1ad4b8c4552b4096dfc86531462dc1899f96af94Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux1e9fc6c473210138eff3425a6136f0a9bf4eb0aeVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux9a3a907cf69f804eb41ece5c079720d1a6a15aa1Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxbfce6a12e5ba1edde95126aa06778027f16115d4Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.37-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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Patch and commit links

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

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Weakness class (CWE)

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Attack context

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Change log

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References

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