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CVE-2025-38237: media: platform: exynos4-is: Add hardware sync wait to fimc_is_hw_change_mode()

• 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: 2025-07-08 · updated 2026-09-02

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: platform: exynos4-is: Add hardware sync wait to fimc_is_hw_change_mode() In fimc_is_hw_change_mode(), the function changes camera modes without waiting for hardware completion, risking corrupted data or system hangs if subsequent operations proceed before the hardware is ready. Add fimc_is_hw_wait_intmsr0_intmsd0() after mode configuration, ensuring hardware state synchronization and stable interrupt handling.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 11.0
• Linux kernel: from 3.10 before 5.4.295; from 5.5 before 5.10.239; from 5.11 before 5.15.186; from 5.16 before 6.15.4 — fixed in 5.10.239, 5.15.186, 5.4.295, 6.15.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.239, 5.15.186, 5.4.295, 6.15.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14acbb5af101b7bb58c0952949bba4c5fdf0ee7e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fbe83fe23f541798bcdd7d6b56a08d4ac205bad
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71209954f1e8ff0f0ba944c8d3b64bbed83d400c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b03c3ce32a685f9cb82d33c63fc18bfcee0ba1b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0d92b94278561f43057003a73a17ce13b7c1a1a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb97dfab7615fea97322b8a6131546e80f878a69
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd9f6ce7d512fa21249415c16af801a4ed5d97b6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4077a10a25560ec0bd0b42322e4ea027d6f76e2
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html

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