CVE-2024-43831 media: mediatek: vcodec: Handle invalid decoder vsi

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A null pointer dereference in the MediaTek video codec driver allows local attackers to cause a system crash.

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-2024-43831?

CVE-2024-43831 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Aug 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: Handle invalid decoder vsi

Handle an invalid decoder vsi in vpu_dec_init to ensure the decoder vsi is valid for future use.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43831?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-43831?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-43831 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43831 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-43831, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43831, GHSA-mf66-hm23-7r53, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-43831, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-43831, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43831.

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