CVE-2023-53425
media: platform: mediatek: vpu: fix NULL ptr dereference
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: platform: mediatek: vpu: fix NULL ptr dereference If pdev is NULL, then it is still dereferenced. This fixes this smatch warning: drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vpu/mtk_vpu.c:570 vpu_load_firmware() warn: address of NULL pointer 'pdev'
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 18, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 18, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Solution
- Validate 'pdev' pointer is not NULL before dereferencing.
- Apply the provided kernel patch.
- Recompile and deploy the updated kernel.
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New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Sep. 18, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: platform: mediatek: vpu: fix NULL ptr dereference If pdev is NULL, then it is still dereferenced. This fixes this smatch warning: drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vpu/mtk_vpu.c:570 vpu_load_firmware() warn: address of NULL pointer 'pdev' Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/099e929e7477f37ca16738fc158d7101c0189ca1 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b3f25d3894a091abc247eadab266a2c9be64389 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2caeb722f0ea5d2d24af30bb1753a89d449b6aa0 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3df55cd773e8603b623425cc97b05e542854ad27 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d299e6e0ac3cf8ab4517dc29c9294bc4bf72398 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/776b34615a29551d69d82a0082e7319d5ea284bd Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7bd48f0be84e24d21aa3a8f59a8a9cb8633a1c4 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1c5826223ae05a48d21f6708c6f34ee9006238c