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CVE-2024-56579: media: amphion: Set video drvdata before register video device

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-12-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: amphion: Set video drvdata before register video device The video drvdata should be set before the video device is registered, otherwise video_drvdata() may return NULL in the open() file ops, and led to oops.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 5.18 before 6.1.120; from 6.2 before 6.6.64; from 6.7 before 6.12.4 — fixed in 6.1.120, 6.12.4, 6.6.64

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.1.120, 6.12.4, 6.6.64. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/182b9edc02c4cbb6fe6b97105c23c7047a3340d2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cbb1a7bd5973b57898b26eb804fe44af440bb63
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/988cc10ddbdee0369fe1f193d389da38ad760492
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfe96c7c3382293179e291f66644d789e39e99f3
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html

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