# CVE-2024-57834: media: vidtv: Fix a null-ptr-deref in vidtv_mux_stop_thread

> A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel vidtv driver allows local attackers to cause a system crash via improper streaming initialization checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 27 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-57793, AZL-57869, BELL-CVE-2024-57834, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57834, GHSA-xgjf-869w-4cgj, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2024-57834, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57834

## What is CVE-2024-57834?

CVE-2024-57834 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Feb 2025. 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: vidtv: Fix a null-ptr-deref in vidtv_mux_stop_thread

syzbot report a null-ptr-deref in vidtv_mux_stop_thread. [1]

If dvb->mux is not initialized successfully by vidtv_mux_init() in the
vidtv_start_streaming(), it will trigger null pointer dereference about mux
in vidtv_mux_stop_thread().

Adjust the timing of streaming initialization and check it before
stopping it.

[1]
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000128-0x000000000000012f]
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5842 Comm: syz-executor248 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc4-syzkaller-00012-g9b2ffa6148b1 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024
RIP: 0010:vidtv_mux_stop_thread+0x26/0x80 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:471
Code: 90 90 90 90 66 0f 1f 00 55 53 48 89 fb e8 82 2e c8 f9 48 8d bb 28 01 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 <0f> b6 04 02 84 c0 74 02 7e 3b 0f b6 ab 28 01 00 00 31 ff 89 ee e8
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003f2faa8 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff87cfb125
RDX: 0000000000000025 RSI: ffffffff87d120ce RDI: 0000000000000128
RBP: ffff888029b8d220 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000003 R12: ffff888029b8d188
R13: ffffffff8f590aa0 R14: ffffc9000581c5c8 R15: ffff888029a17710
FS:  00007f7eef5156c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f7eef5e635c CR3: 0000000076ca6000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 vidtv_stop_streaming drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:209 [inline]
 vidtv_stop_feed+0x151/0x250 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:252
 dmx_section_feed_stop_filtering+0x90/0x160 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c:1000
 dvb_dmxdev_feed_stop.isra.0+0x1ee/0x270 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:486
 dvb_dmxdev_filter_stop+0x22a/0x3a0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:559
 dvb_dmxdev_filter_free drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:840 [inline]
 dvb_demux_release+0x92/0x550 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1246
 __fput+0x3f8/0xb60 fs/file_table.c:450
 task_work_run+0x14e/0x250 kernel/task_work.c:239
 get_signal+0x1d3/0x2610 kernel/signal.c:2790
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x90/0x7e0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:337
 exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:111 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/entry-common.h:329 [inline]
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:207 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x150/0x2a0 kernel/entry/common.c:218
 do_syscall_64+0xda/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:89
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-57834?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-57834?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-57834 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-57834 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-57834 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-57834 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-57834 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-57834/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-57834/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-57834
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57834
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-57834

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-57834/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.