A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's wave5 media driver. When a `vpu` instance is allocated, and a subsequent allocation for `codec_info` fails, the driver returns an error without freeing the previously allocated `vpu` instance. This oversight leads to a memory leak, which could potentially impact system stability or resource availability over time.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected kernel-rt https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45928 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45928 https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026052726-CVE-2026-45928-1558@gregkh/T