CVE-2024-40973

2024-07-1200:00:00

ubuntu.com

linux kernel

media

vulnerability

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

6.8

Confidence

Low

EPSS

Percentile

13.3%

JSON

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu20.04noarchlinux< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchlinux< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu24.04noarchlinux< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchlinux-aws< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchlinux-aws< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu24.04noarchlinux-aws< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchlinux-aws-5.15< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchlinux-aws-6.5< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchlinux-azure< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchlinux-azure< anyUNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	linux	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	linux	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	24.04	noarch	linux	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	linux-aws	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	linux-aws	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	24.04	noarch	linux-aws	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	linux-aws-5.15	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	linux-aws-6.5	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	linux-azure	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	linux-azure	< any	UNKNOWN