CVE-2025-68808
Published: Jan 13, 2026
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: vidtv: initialize local pointers upon transfer of memory ownership vidtv_channel_si_init() creates a temporary list (program, service, event) and ownership of the memory itself is transferred to the PAT/SDT/EIT tables through vidtv_psi_pat_program_assign(), vidtv_psi_sdt_service_assign(), vidtv_psi_eit_event_assign(). The problem here is that the local pointer where the memory ownership transfer was completed is not initialized to NULL. This causes the vidtv_psi_pmt_create_sec_for_each_pat_entry() function to fail, and in the flow that jumps to free_eit, the memory that was freed by vidtv_psi_*_table_destroy() can be accessed again by vidtv_psi_*_event_destroy() due to the uninitialized local pointer, so it is freed once again. Therefore, to prevent use-after-free and double-free vulnerability, local pointers must be initialized to NULL when transferring memory ownership.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 3be8037960bccd13052cfdeba8805ad785041d70 - < c342e294dac4988c8ada759b2f057246e48c5108affected 3be8037960bccd13052cfdeba8805ad785041d70 - < 12ab6ebb37789b84073e83e4d9b14a5e0d133323affected 3be8037960bccd13052cfdeba8805ad785041d70 - < 3caa18d35f1dabe85a3dd31bc387f391ac9f9b4eaffected 3be8037960bccd13052cfdeba8805ad785041d70 - < fb9bd6d8d314b748e946ed6555eb4a956ee8c4d8affected 3be8037960bccd13052cfdeba8805ad785041d70 - < a69c7fd603bf5ad93177394fbd9711922ee81032+2 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.10unaffected 0 - < 5.10unaffected 5.10.248 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.198 - <= 5.15.*unaffected 6.1.160 - <= 6.1.*+4 more versions |
References
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