CVE-2025-38226

media: vivid: Change the siize of the composing

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 4, 2025 at 01:37 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 12:44 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelDebian Linux

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: vivid: Change the siize of the composing syzkaller found a bug: BUG: KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds in tpg_fill_plane_pattern drivers/media/common/v4l2-tpg/v4l2-tpg-core.c:2608 [inline] BUG: KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds in tpg_fill_plane_buffer+0x1a9c/0x5af0 drivers/media/common/v4l2-tpg/v4l2-tpg-core.c:2705 Write of size 1440 at addr ffffc9000d0ffda0 by task vivid-000-vid-c/5304 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5304 Comm: vivid-000-vid-c Not tainted 6.14.0-rc2-syzkaller-00039-g09fbf3d50205 #0 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline] print_report+0x169/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:489 kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:602 kasan_check_range+0x282/0x290 mm/kasan/generic.c:189 __asan_memcpy+0x40/0x70 mm/kasan/shadow.c:106 tpg_fill_plane_pattern drivers/media/common/v4l2-tpg/v4l2-tpg-core.c:2608 [inline] tpg_fill_plane_buffer+0x1a9c/0x5af0 drivers/media/common/v4l2-tpg/v4l2-tpg-core.c:2705 vivid_fillbuff drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-kthread-cap.c:470 [inline] vivid_thread_vid_cap_tick+0xf8e/0x60d0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-kthread-cap.c:629 vivid_thread_vid_cap+0x8aa/0xf30 drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-kthread-cap.c:767 kthread+0x7a9/0x920 kernel/kthread.c:464 ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244 </TASK> The composition size cannot be larger than the size of fmt_cap_rect. So execute v4l2_rect_map_inside() even if has_compose_cap == 0.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≥ 4.14.303v ≥ 4.19.270v ≥ 4.9.337v ≥ 6.0.164.14.303 ≤ v < 4.154.19.270 ≤ v < 4.204.9.337 ≤ v < 4.105.10.163 ≤ v < 5.10.2395.15.86 ≤ v < 5.15.1865.4.229 ≤ v < 5.4.2966.0.16 ≤ v < 6.16.1.2 ≤ v < 6.1.1426.13 ≤ v < 6.15.46.2 ≤ v < 6.12.356.2 ≤ v < 6.15.46.2 ≤ v < 6.166.2 ≤ v < 6.6.956.7 ≤ v < 6.12.352f558c5208b0f70c8140e08ce09fcc84da48e7894.14.3034.19.2704.9.3375.10.1635.15.865.4.22954f259906039dbfe46c550011409fa16f72370f65edc3604151919da8da0fb092b71d7dce07d848a6.0.166.1.26.28c0ee15d9a102c732d0745566d254040085d566394a7ad9283464b75b12516c5512541d467cefcf89c7fba9503b826f0c061d136f8f0c9f953ed18b9ab54081a2843aefb837812fac5488cc8f1696142ccb5392c4fea0e7d9f7ab35567e839d74cb3998bf9d19f3a044ca651b0be52a4bf951ffe74259b9f
Vendor states this is fixed in 00da1c767a6567e56f23dda586847586868ac064 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 57597d8db5bbda618ba2145b7e8a7e6f01b6a27e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5d89aa42534723400fefd46e26e053b9c382b4ee (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 635cea4f44c1ddae208666772c164eab5a6bce39 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 89b5ab822bf69867c3951dd0eb34b0314c38966b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c56398885716d97ee9bcadb2bc9663a8c1757a34 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f6b1b0f8ba0b61d8b511df5649d57235f230c135 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f83ac8d30c43fd902af7c84c480f216157b60ef0 (fixed)
Affected range stops below 4.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.239 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.186 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.296 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 6.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.142 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.35 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.15.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.95 (unaffected)

References (10)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00da1c767a6567e56f23dda586847586868ac064
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57597d8db5bbda618ba2145b7e8a7e6f01b6a27e
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d89aa42534723400fefd46e26e053b9c382b4ee
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/635cea4f44c1ddae208666772c164eab5a6bce39
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89b5ab822bf69867c3951dd0eb34b0314c38966b
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c56398885716d97ee9bcadb2bc9663a8c1757a34
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6b1b0f8ba0b61d8b511df5649d57235f230c135
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f83ac8d30c43fd902af7c84c480f216157b60ef0

CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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