CVE-2024-40973

2024-07-1617:55:54

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linux kernel

media vulnerability

mtk-vcodec

null pointer deference

devm_kzalloc

cve-2024-40973

cve-2022-3113

CVSS3

5.5

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

5.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

A flaw was found in the mtk-vcodec module in the Linux kernel. The mtk_vcodec_fw_scp_init function in the drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/common/mtk_vcodec_fw_scp.c file does not check the return value of the devm_kzalloc function, potentially resulting in a NULL pointer dereference.