CVE-2026-31599 (GCVE-0-2026-31599)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-24 14:42 – Updated: 2026-04-24 14:42
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Title
media: vidtv: fix NULL pointer dereference in vidtv_channel_pmt_match_sections
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: vidtv: fix NULL pointer dereference in vidtv_channel_pmt_match_sections syzbot reported a general protection fault in vidtv_psi_desc_assign [1]. vidtv_psi_pmt_stream_init() can return NULL on memory allocation failure, but vidtv_channel_pmt_match_sections() does not check for this. When tail is NULL, the subsequent call to vidtv_psi_desc_assign(&tail->descriptor, desc) dereferences a NULL pointer offset, causing a general protection fault. Add a NULL check after vidtv_psi_pmt_stream_init(). On failure, clean up the already-allocated stream chain and return. [1] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] RIP: 0010:vidtv_psi_desc_assign+0x24/0x90 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:629 Call Trace: <TASK> vidtv_channel_pmt_match_sections drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:349 [inline] vidtv_channel_si_init+0x1445/0x1a50 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:479 vidtv_mux_init+0x526/0xbe0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:519 vidtv_start_streaming drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:194 [inline] vidtv_start_feed+0x33e/0x4d0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:239
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Linux Linux Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < e589de36da106ef739ba98f66f5a5c2023370706 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 2dff11fb5098ae453651f8f77e94ad499c078022 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < b832cfd516b8504e95884622cee60bf9a39b7945 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 07c1e474cf9acf777f09d14a8f8dfcef5b84e46f (git)
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    Linux Linux Unaffected: 6.12.83 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.24 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.14 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.1 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
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