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CVE-2024-35920 — Linux Linux Kernel security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.5

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mediatek: vcodec: adding lock to protect decoder context list Add a lock for the ctx_list, to avoid accessing a NULL pointer within the 'vpu_dec_ipi_handler' function when the ctx_list has been deleted due to an unexpected behavior on the SCP IP block. Hardware name: Google juniper sku16 board (DT) pstate: 20400005 (nzCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=--) pc : vpu_dec_ipi_handler+0x58/0x1f8 [mtk_vcodec_dec] lr : scp_ipi_handler+0xd0/0x194 [mtk_scp] sp : ffffffc0131dbbd0 x29: ffffffc0131dbbd0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffffff9bb277f348 x26: ffffff9bb242ad00 x25: ffffffd2d440d3b8 x24: ffffffd2a13ff1d4 x23: ffffff9bb7fe85a0 x22: ffffffc0133fbdb0 x21: 0000000000000010 x20: ffffff9b050ea328 x19: ffffffc0131dbc08 x18: 0000000000001000 x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffffffd2d461c6e0 x15: 0000000000000242 x14: 000000000000018f x13: 000000000000004d x12: 0000000000000000 x11: 0000000000000001 x10: fffffffffffffff0 x9 : ffffff9bb6e793a8 x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 000000000000003f x5 : 0000000000000040 x4 : fffffffffffffff0 x3 : 0000000000000020 x2 : ffffff9bb6e79080 x1 : 0000000000000010 x0 : ffffffc0131…

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.5 (3.1)
Published
2024-05-19
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
linux/kernel
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Affected products

  • linux / linux_kernel
  • linux / linux_kernel / 6.9

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Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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