CVE-2026-89724

media: vicodec: fix out-of-bounds write in FWHT encoder

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:46 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:18 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: vicodec: fix out-of-bounds write in FWHT encoder vidioc_s_fmt_vid_out() sizes the encoder CAPTURE buffer from the compressed descriptor pixfmt_fwht, whose sizeimage_mult is 3: coded_w * coded_h * 3 + sizeof(struct fwht_cframe_hdr). fwht_encode_frame() encodes one plane per component, and an incompressible plane takes the FWHT_FRAME_UNENCODED path in encode_plane(), copying the plane verbatim. For a 4-component pixel format all four planes are full resolution (width_div == height_div == 1), so a frame that forces every plane through the unencoded fallback writes sizeof(struct fwht_cframe_hdr) + 4 * coded_w * coded_h bytes, overrunning the plane by coded_w * coded_h, which can result in corruption of adjacent kernel heap memory. Bump pixfmt_fwht.sizeimage_mult from 3 to 4, matching the largest components_num among the supported raw formats, so the capture buffer is always large enough for the unencoded fallback.

Affected

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

16ecf6dff97ce0194a7126e26159492668d47a7e5.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 6ea647e76c44387d5c1c635df4604c2154d9060e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 84cfebf7f4229d748cca8eb9c4e1f1c4099d3ab7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8c14472431e27f13661d0db9d837156eaced0ecb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b95315ffc66b39856396c1043618bb4e4d5785ba (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cf4500ebf6fb57bf4ab83c3dd349a40257dbe2a9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d40838a63f2bd6a3df0a6cdd8ff1d5c6366e8fff (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e21cccc29b840930cd9dcfdf1139658063a681af (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f7ae26c100a6c26c2a166d2c41e73188067b36bd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.270 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.221 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.109 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.50 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
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