An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. mtk_vcodec_fw_vpu_init in drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_fw_vpu.c lacks check of the return value of devm_kzalloc() and will cause the null pointer dereference.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.19-rc2&id=e25a89f743b18c029bfbe5e1663ae0c7190912b0
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2153053
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2022-12-14
Updated: 2022-12-16
Base Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H