CVE-2024-40973
Not scored
media: mtk-vcodec: potential null pointer deference in SCP
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.
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
July 12, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-40973
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a693c7e243b932faee5c1fb728efa73f0abc39b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53dbe08504442dc7ba4865c09b3bbf5fe849681b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eeb62bb4ca22db17f7dfe8fb8472e0442df3d92f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f066882293b5ad359e44c4ed24ab1811ffb0b354
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/40xxx/CVE-2024-40973.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40973