CVE-2024-35919 media: mediatek: vcodec: adding lock to protect encoder context list
A missing lock in the MediaTek video codec driver allows a null pointer dereference, potentially causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-35919?
CVE-2024-35919 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: mediatek: vcodec: adding lock to protect encoder context list
Add a lock for the ctx_list, to avoid accessing a NULL pointer within the 'vpu_enc_ipi_handler' function when the ctx_list has been deleted due to an unexpected behavior on the SCP IP block.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-35919?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-35919?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-35919 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-35919 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-35919, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35919, GHSA-5f9p-9995-r2rv, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35919.