Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting libgphoto2 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-LIBGPHOTO2-16117762
  • published21 Apr 2026
  • disclosed17 Apr 2026

Introduced: 17 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-40336  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 libgphoto2.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgphoto2 package and not the libgphoto2 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

libgphoto2 is a camera access and control library. Versions up to and including 2.5.33 have a memory leak in ptp_unpack_Sony_DPD() in camlibs/ptp2/ptp-pack.c (lines 884–885). When processing a secondary enumeration list (introduced in 2024+ Sony cameras), the function overwrites dpd->FORM.Enum.SupportedValue with a new calloc() without freeing the previous allocation from line 857. The original array and any string values it contains are leaked on every property descriptor parse. Commit 404ff02c75f3cb280196fc260a63c4d26cf1a8f6 fixes the issue.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1