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  "affected": [
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          "events": [
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              "introduced": "f46d740fb0258982f00ffdbddc6486e674edafb5"
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          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.1.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.12.101"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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              "introduced": "6.13.0"
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            {
              "fixed": "6.18.42"
            }
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
          "events": [
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              "introduced": "6.19.0"
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              "fixed": "7.1.6"
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68203.json"
  },
  "details": "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(\u0026vivid_pdev)\n       -\u003e device_initialize(\u0026vivid_pdev.dev)\n       -\u003e setup_pdev_dma_masks(\u0026vivid_pdev)\n       -\u003e platform_device_add(\u0026vivid_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.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-68203",
  "modified": "2026-08-12T03:51:47.131801663Z",
  "published": "2026-08-10T12:00:22.319Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1349af7f87df57940619f5b87990b799dac9ed8a"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4385092a86b94e1f332db35a3766108978c0722f"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d51ad8f1c50c50d1abcc97fd243179967184c6a"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a07c179a92e949172ca52f6d4a13202ea88cd4b7"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68203.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68203"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "media: vivid: fix cleanup bugs in vivid_init()"
}