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  "cveId": "CVE-2026-68203",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-68203",
  "summary": "CVE-2026-68203 is fixed in 15 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68203, released August 11, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.",
  "title": "media: vivid: fix cleanup bugs in vivid_init()",
  "description": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  media: vivid: fix cleanup bugs in vivid_init()  When platform_device_register() fails in vivid_init(), the embedded struct device in vivid_pdev has already been initialized by device_initialize(), but the failure path jumps to free_output_strings without dropping the device reference for the current platform device:    vivid_init()     -\u003E platform_device_register(\u0026vivid_pdev)        -\u003E device_initialize(\u0026vivid_pdev.dev)        -\u003E setup_pdev_dma_masks(\u0026vivid_pdev)        -\u003E platform_device_add(\u0026vivid_pdev)  This leads to a reference leak when platform_device_register() fails. Fix this by calling platform_device_put() before jumping to the common cleanup path.  Also, the unreg_driver label incorrectly calls platform_driver_register() instead of platform_driver_unregister(), which breaks cleanup when workqueue creation fails after successful driver registration. Fix that as well.  The reference leak was identified by a static analysis tool I developed and confirmed by manual review. The incorrect cleanup call was found during code inspection.",
  "published": "2026-08-10T13:20:07Z",
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  "priorityTier": 4,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
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