CVE-2024-47752 media: mediatek: vcodec: Fix H264 stateless decoder smatch warning
A null pointer dereference in the MediaTek H264 decoder causes a kernel crash, leading to 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-2024-47752?
CVE-2024-47752 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 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: Fix H264 stateless decoder smatch warning
Fix a smatch static checker warning on vdec_h264_req_if.c. Which leads to a kernel crash when fb is NULL.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47752?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-47752?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-47752 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47752 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as AZL-50637, BELL-CVE-2024-47752, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-47752, GHSA-vrh2-53xm-76hq, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2024-47752, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47752.