{"cve":"CVE-2026-53382","nvd":{"published":"2026-07-19T12:16:48.970","modified":"2026-08-17T05:17:12.097","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: vidtv: fix NULL pointer dereference in vidtv_mux_push_si\n\nsyzbot reported a general protection fault in\nvidtv_psi_ts_psi_write_into [1].\n\nvidtv_mux_get_pid_ctx() can return NULL, but vidtv_mux_push_si() does\nnot check for this before dereferencing the returned pointer to access\nthe continuity counter. This leads to a general protection fault when\naccessing a near-NULL address.\n\nThe root cause is that vidtv_mux_pid_ctx_init() does not check the\nreturn value of vidtv_mux_create_pid_ctx_once() for PMT section PIDs.\nIf the allocation fails, the PID context is never created, but init\nreturns success. The subsequent vidtv_mux_push_si() call then gets\nNULL from vidtv_mux_get_pid_ctx() and crashes.\n\nFix both the root cause (add error check in vidtv_mux_pid_ctx_init\nfor PMT PIDs) and add defensive NULL checks in vidtv_mux_push_si for\nall vidtv_mux_get_pid_ctx() calls.\n\n[1]\nOops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI\nKASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]\nWorkqueue: events vidtv_mux_tick\nRIP: 0010:vidtv_psi_ts_psi_write_into+0x54a/0xbc0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:197\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n vidtv_psi_table_header_write_into drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:799 [inline]\n vidtv_psi_pmt_write_into+0x3b2/0xa70 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:1231\n vidtv_mux_push_si+0x932/0xe80 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:196\n vidtv_mux_tick+0xe9b/0x1480 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:408","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/232e4b313ea342672edf8947e067c0de4328405b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/353d9578951dd38bc9679308f5b618ceed1f20fa","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/455bc12e7b73ab5a2dfcb47822e91e772bc6c42e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6df7e16d4f742c80add58995a6e69385b97aa9e6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d8bf3d8f91073f4db347ed3aa6302b56107499c"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:45:36.895656543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-53382","score":0.00132,"percentile":0.02766,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}