GHSA-9HM8-83J2-JCQX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-13 18:31 – Updated: 2026-07-30 06:32In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: vidtv: initialize local pointers upon transfer of memory ownership
vidtv_channel_si_init() creates a temporary list (program, service, event) and ownership of the memory itself is transferred to the PAT/SDT/EIT tables through vidtv_psi_pat_program_assign(), vidtv_psi_sdt_service_assign(), vidtv_psi_eit_event_assign().
The problem here is that the local pointer where the memory ownership transfer was completed is not initialized to NULL. This causes the vidtv_psi_pmt_create_sec_for_each_pat_entry() function to fail, and in the flow that jumps to free_eit, the memory that was freed by vidtv_psi_table_destroy() can be accessed again by vidtv_psi_event_destroy() due to the uninitialized local pointer, so it is freed once again.
Therefore, to prevent use-after-free and double-free vulnerability, local pointers must be initialized to NULL when transferring memory ownership.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-68808"
],
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"github_reviewed": false,
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-01-13T16:16:02Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: vidtv: initialize local pointers upon transfer of memory ownership\n\nvidtv_channel_si_init() creates a temporary list (program, service, event)\nand ownership of the memory itself is transferred to the PAT/SDT/EIT\ntables through vidtv_psi_pat_program_assign(),\nvidtv_psi_sdt_service_assign(), vidtv_psi_eit_event_assign().\n\nThe problem here is that the local pointer where the memory ownership\ntransfer was completed is not initialized to NULL. This causes the\nvidtv_psi_pmt_create_sec_for_each_pat_entry() function to fail, and\nin the flow that jumps to free_eit, the memory that was freed by\nvidtv_psi_*_table_destroy() can be accessed again by\nvidtv_psi_*_event_destroy() due to the uninitialized local pointer, so it\nis freed once again.\n\nTherefore, to prevent use-after-free and double-free vulnerability,\nlocal pointers must be initialized to NULL when transferring memory\nownership.",
"id": "GHSA-9hm8-83j2-jcqx",
"modified": "2026-07-30T06:32:28Z",
"published": "2026-01-13T18:31:04Z",
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a69c7fd603bf5ad93177394fbd9711922ee81032"
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