---
id: CVE-2026-53379
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  media: i2c: ov8856: free control handler on error in ov8856_init_controls()

  The control handler wasn't freed if adding controls failed, add an error
  exit label and con…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  media: i2c: ov8856: free control handler on error in ov8856_init_controls()

  The control handler wasn't freed if adding controls failed, add an error
  exit label and con…
severity: none
published: '2026-07-19'
updated: '2026-07-19'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53379'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/791598484fd558bb426ef5e051effa5c227d5390'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba9e9274c4ecfc039c45752dd6055137eaa5f08e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c13721040a566d832ee8a20ecf04b7ef288a1525'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1b3811c6b0f67fb7f0acfe09bf8244aa8b12465'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f727e3251ceee91f3d6e6d87e323aaf070f0de8e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f75e160745663ce9b13362ae6e90bd439c58df69'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd10fb4c33bdc9c25c9b9d5e7e39f635e34c44a3'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-07-19T16:31:24.308Z'
epss: 0.0012
epssPercentile: 0.02141
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: i2c: ov8856: free control handler on error in ov8856_init_controls()

The control handler wasn't freed if adding controls failed, add an error
exit label and convert the existing error return to use it.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.