CVE-2026-97579

media: mediatek: vcodec: bound AV1 tile-start copy to the array capacity

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 25, 2026 at 10:22 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:17 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: mediatek: vcodec: bound AV1 tile-start copy to the array capacity vdec_av1_slice_setup_tile() copies tile_cols + 1 / tile_rows + 1 entries into mi_col_starts[] / mi_row_starts[] from the bitstream tile_info. Bound the copy to the array capacity.

Affected

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

0934d37596151edce115c6d0843a9ad7d5e5d2326.6934d37596151edce115c6d843a9ad7d5e5d232
Vendor states this is fixed in 37bef2170d4c88fc3d708eecf3ef0f4032bc1372 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7992059c045780095ba5a696dcb2f5400a82803c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ad47a250afafa3a51cfb4a004463ff28e66c596e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in eb0ea3898e3921900939e30c3946dd2b52281859 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f19acf00818a9eada06a77715d0188c181fb435e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.111 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.53 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.158 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc3 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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