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CVE-2026-43207: media: mtk-mdp: Fix error handling in probe function

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-05-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mtk-mdp: Fix error handling in probe function Add mtk_mdp_unregister_m2m_device() on the error handling path to prevent resource leak. Add check for the return value of vpu_get_plat_device() to prevent null pointer dereference. And vpu_get_plat_device() increases the reference count of the returned platform device. Add platform_device_put() to prevent reference leak.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 4.10 before 5.10.252; from 5.11 before 5.15.202; from 5.16 before 6.1.165; from 6.2 before 6.6.128; from 6.7 before 6.12.75; from 6.13 before 6.18.16 — fixed in 5.10.252, 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.12.75, 6.18.16, 6.19.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.252, 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.12.75. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bc43eaf021347f8d5aba87712c36b799695eec6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12cafc15d24611bfb43c82877b1bbb7454a85d5a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e8f53a7382943411557e370f1a4f3946624a30e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a8a3232abac5b972058a5f2cb3e33199d2a8648
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d7962d5c81d6cf3f8dbdb5c71c57600bac5772b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9c67976eda502edc6b3a148a1c5b6a18b69a98
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3fc99fe5b25613dd61c57bc70b8479adff4f60d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8737d33d4e8ffae87e5d5edac17f8a705235cc2

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