CVE-2026-68228

media: chips-media: wave5: Move src_buf Removal to finish_encode

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM UTC
Updated: August 17, 2026 at 05:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: chips-media: wave5: Move src_buf Removal to finish_encode During encoder processing, there is a case where the IRQ response could return the buffer back to userspace via v4l2_m2m_buf_done call. In this time, userspace could queue up this same buffer before start_encode removes the index from the ready queue. This would then lead to a case where the buffer in the ready queue could be a self loop due to the WRITE_ONCE(prev->next, new) call in __list_add. When __list_del is finally called, the loop is already made so nothing points back to ready queue list head and pointers are poisoned. A buffer should not be marked as DONE before the buffer is removed from m2m ready queue. Move removal entirely to finish_encode.

Affected

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

6.8 ≤ v < 6.12.1016.8 ≤ v < 6.18.426.8 ≤ v < 7.1.66.8 ≤ v < 7.26.89707a6254a8a6b978bde811a44fe07d86c229d1c
Vendor states this is fixed in 1ee2b2b189ddc7b23c8eee1145de42b8bd19fb06 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b20157147089a9c16a38c7810e2fe6f2df8e3277 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d681227ce43bfd74b6eb69beecd9b0bec1fd8b48 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f24ca8b53fe15db40957bdaa40c9aa68e1557bbe (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.101 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.42 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
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