VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2024-40973
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mtk-vcodec: potential null pointer deference in SCP The return value of devm_kzalloc() needs to be checked to avoid NULL pointer deference.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.29%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mtk-vcodec: potential null pointer deference in SCP The return value of devm_kzalloc() needs to be checked to avoid NULL pointer deference. This is similar to CVE-2022-3113.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.29% probability · 22th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19ef02106c990bf4235365a08b9d8d2fee37272a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a693c7e243b932faee5c1fb728efa73f0abc39bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53dbe08504442dc7ba4865c09b3bbf5fe849681bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac79a923365ae1e524398087cf16313cdbd7a144
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eeb62bb4ca22db17f7dfe8fb8472e0442df3d92f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f066882293b5ad359e44c4ed24ab1811ffb0b354Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a693c7e243b932faee5c1fb728efa73f0abc39bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53dbe08504442dc7ba4865c09b3bbf5fe849681bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f066882293b5ad359e44c4ed24ab1811ffb0b354Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.