media: vidtv: initialize local pointers upon transfer of memory ownership
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: vidtv: initialize local pointers upon transfer of memory ownership vidtv_channel_si_init() creates a temporary list (program, service, event) and ownership of the memory itself is transferred to the PAT/SDT/EIT tables through vidtv_psi_pat_program_assign(), vidtv_psi_sdt_service_assign(), vidtv_psi_eit_event_assign(). The problem here is that the local pointer where the memory ownership transfer was completed is not initialized to NULL. This causes the vidtv_psi_pmt_create_sec_for_each_pat_entry() function to fail, and in the flow that jumps to free_eit, the memory that was freed by vidtv_psi_*_table_destroy() can be accessed again by vidtv_psi_*_event_destroy() due to the uninitialized local pointer, so it is freed once again. Therefore, to prevent use-after-free and double-free vulnerability, local pointers must be initialized to NULL when transferring memory ownership.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.64, 6.18.3, 6.19
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-68808
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9hm8-83j2-jcqx
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c342e294dac4988c8ada759b2f057246e48c5108
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12ab6ebb37789b84073e83e4d9b14a5e0d133323
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3caa18d35f1dabe85a3dd31bc387f391ac9f9b4e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb9bd6d8d314b748e946ed6555eb4a956ee8c4d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a69c7fd603bf5ad93177394fbd9711922ee81032
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30f4d4e5224a9e44e9ceb3956489462319d804ce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98aabfe2d79f74613abc2b0b1cef08f97eaf5322
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Sources
- CVE-2025-68808 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-68808 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9hm8-83j2-jcqx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-68808 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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