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CVE-2026-98882: media: chips-media: wave5: Add range checks for dec_output_info

• Severity: unknown
• 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: 2026-10-23 · updated 2026-10-26

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: chips-media: wave5: Add range checks for dec_output_info If the driver's dec_output_info contains invalid data the driver can write in invalid memory. Add a range check for that. This fixes this smatch error: drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpuapi.c:588 wave5_vpu_dec_get_output_info() error: buffer overflow 'inst->frame_buf' 64 <= 127

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 6.12.111; before 6.18.53 — fixed in 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/144f24ec0fc1e51673611912a6d14ded0a61db43
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79aef69bb0903616f4867f0168aea717a11c439c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6f777d11c7b34549cdadd8578d4b85f685eb976

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