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CVE-2024-40973
published 2024-07-12

CVE-2024-40973: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mtk-vcodec: potential null pointer deference in SCP The return value of…

PriorityP418medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.29%
21.3th percentile
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.

Affected

12 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.133-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.133-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.133-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.133-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux_kernel< 6.6.366.6.36
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.133-16.1.133-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.9.7-16.9.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.9.7-16.9.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-130.1405.15.0-130.140
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-44.446.8.0-44.44
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.9.76.9.7
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.186.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.200.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.202.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu8.8HIGH
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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