CVE-2025-68808

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: vidtv: initialize local pointers upon transfer of memory ownership vidtv_channel_si_init() creates a temporary list (program, service, event) and ownership of the memory itself is transferred to the PAT/SDT/EIT tables through vidtv_psi_pat_program_assign(), vidtv_psi_sdt_service_assign(), vidtv_psi_eit_event_assign(). The problem here is that the local pointer where the memory ownership transfer was completed is not initialized to NULL. This causes the vidtv_psi_pmt_create_sec_for_each_pat_entry() function to fail, and in the flow that jumps to free_eit, the memory that was freed by vidtv_psi_*_table_destroy() can be accessed again by vidtv_psi_*_event_destroy() due to the uninitialized local pointer, so it is freed once again. Therefore, to prevent use-after-free and double-free vulnerability, local pointers must be initialized to NULL when transferring memory ownership.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedJan 13, 2026
First seenJan 13, 2026

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  • Linux Linuxc342e294dac4988c8ada759b2f057246e48c5108, 12ab6ebb37789b84073e83e4d9b14a5e0d133323, 3caa18d35f1dabe85a3dd31bc387f391ac9f9b4e, fb9bd6d8d314b748e946ed6555eb4a956ee8c4d8, a69c7fd603bf5ad93177394fbd9711922ee81032, 30f4d4e5224a9e44e9ceb3956489462319d804ce, 98aabfe2d79f74613abc2b0b1cef08f97eaf5322 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux3be8037960bccd13052cfdeba8805ad785041d70 ≤ v < c342e294dac4988c8ada759b2f057246e48c5108, 3be8037960bccd13052cfdeba8805ad785041d70 ≤ v < 12ab6ebb37789b84073e83e4d9b14a5e0d133323, 3be8037960bccd13052cfdeba8805ad785041d70 ≤ v < 3caa18d35f1dabe85a3dd31bc387f391ac9f9b4e, 3be8037960bccd13052cfdeba8805ad785041d70 ≤ v < fb9bd6d8d314b748e946ed6555eb4a956ee8c4d8, 3be8037960bccd13052cfdeba8805ad785041d70 ≤ v < a69c7fd603bf5ad93177394fbd9711922ee81032, 3be8037960bccd13052cfdeba8805ad785041d70 ≤ v < 30f4d4e5224a9e44e9ceb3956489462319d804ce, 3be8037960bccd13052cfdeba8805ad785041d70 ≤ v < 98aabfe2d79f74613abc2b0b1cef08f97eaf5322, 5.10c342e294dac4988c8ada759b2f057246e48c5108, 12ab6ebb37789b84073e83e4d9b14a5e0d133323, 3caa18d35f1dabe85a3dd31bc387f391ac9f9b4e, fb9bd6d8d314b748e946ed6555eb4a956ee8c4d8, a69c7fd603bf5ad93177394fbd9711922ee81032, 30f4d4e5224a9e44e9ceb3956489462319d804ce, 98aabfe2d79f74613abc2b0b1cef08f97eaf5322

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