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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.","Type":"Description","Title":"media: vivid: fix cleanup bugs in vivid_init()"}]}}}