In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: platform: mediatek: vpu: fix NULL ptr dereference

If pdev is NULL, then it is still dereferenced.

This fixes this smatch warning:

drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vpu/mtk_vpu.c:570 vpu_load_firmware() warn: address of NULL pointer 'pdev'
Advisories
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-29858 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: platform: mediatek: vpu: fix NULL ptr dereference If pdev is NULL, then it is still dereferenced. This fixes this smatch warning: drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vpu/mtk_vpu.c:570 vpu_load_firmware() warn: address of NULL pointer 'pdev'
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History

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-476
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: platform: mediatek: vpu: fix NULL ptr dereference If pdev is NULL, then it is still dereferenced. This fixes this smatch warning: drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vpu/mtk_vpu.c:570 vpu_load_firmware() warn: address of NULL pointer 'pdev'
Title media: platform: mediatek: vpu: fix NULL ptr dereference
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-18T16:04:07.335Z

Reserved: 2025-09-17T14:54:09.742Z

Link: CVE-2023-53425

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-09-18T16:15:46.370

Modified: 2025-12-11T13:57:32.473

Link: CVE-2023-53425

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-09-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53425 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-09-19T09:35:42Z

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