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CVE-2022-49165: media: imx-jpeg: Prevent decoding NV12M jpegs into single-planar buffers

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-02-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: imx-jpeg: Prevent decoding NV12M jpegs into single-planar buffers If the application queues an NV12M jpeg as output buffer, but then queues a single planar capture buffer, the kernel will crash with "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" in mxc_jpeg_addrs, prevent this by finishing the job with error.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 5.13 before 5.15.33; from 5.16 before 5.16.19; from 5.17 before 5.17.2 — fixed in 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/417591a766b3c040c346044541ff949c0b2bb7b2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4eb591c47c82a6a6ad293ed108c3cb77115fbc25
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d075ede7d24f19dc817c5bd517a53f0524f9031
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eff76b180751e5e55c872d17755680c3b83ba9ab

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