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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-40973

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.08% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f066882293b5ad359e44c4ed24ab1811ffb0b354
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a693c7e243b932faee5c1fb728efa73f0abc39b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53dbe08504442dc7ba4865c09b3bbf5fe849681b

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