{"id":"AZL-57869","summary":"CVE-2024-57834 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.79.1-1","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: vidtv: Fix a null-ptr-deref in vidtv_mux_stop_thread\n\nsyzbot report a null-ptr-deref in vidtv_mux_stop_thread. [1]\n\nIf dvb-\u003emux is not initialized successfully by vidtv_mux_init() in the\nvidtv_start_streaming(), it will trigger null pointer dereference about mux\nin vidtv_mux_stop_thread().\n\nAdjust the timing of streaming initialization and check it before\nstopping it.\n\n[1]\nKASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000128-0x000000000000012f]\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5842 Comm: syz-executor248 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc4-syzkaller-00012-g9b2ffa6148b1 #0\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024\nRIP: 0010:vidtv_mux_stop_thread+0x26/0x80 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:471\nCode: 90 90 90 90 66 0f 1f 00 55 53 48 89 fb e8 82 2e c8 f9 48 8d bb 28 01 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 \u003c0f\u003e b6 04 02 84 c0 74 02 7e 3b 0f b6 ab 28 01 00 00 31 ff 89 ee e8\nRSP: 0018:ffffc90003f2faa8 EFLAGS: 00010202\nRAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff87cfb125\nRDX: 0000000000000025 RSI: ffffffff87d120ce RDI: 0000000000000128\nRBP: ffff888029b8d220 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000\nR10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000003 R12: ffff888029b8d188\nR13: ffffffff8f590aa0 R14: ffffc9000581c5c8 R15: ffff888029a17710\nFS:  00007f7eef5156c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00007f7eef5e635c CR3: 0000000076ca6000 CR4: 00000000003526f0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n vidtv_stop_streaming drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:209 [inline]\n vidtv_stop_feed+0x151/0x250 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:252\n dmx_section_feed_stop_filtering+0x90/0x160 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c:1000\n dvb_dmxdev_feed_stop.isra.0+0x1ee/0x270 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:486\n dvb_dmxdev_filter_stop+0x22a/0x3a0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:559\n dvb_dmxdev_filter_free drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:840 [inline]\n dvb_demux_release+0x92/0x550 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1246\n __fput+0x3f8/0xb60 fs/file_table.c:450\n task_work_run+0x14e/0x250 kernel/task_work.c:239\n get_signal+0x1d3/0x2610 kernel/signal.c:2790\n arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x90/0x7e0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:337\n exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:111 [inline]\n exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/entry-common.h:329 [inline]\n __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:207 [inline]\n syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x150/0x2a0 kernel/entry/common.c:218\n do_syscall_64+0xda/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:89\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f","modified":"2026-04-01T05:19:48.561438Z","published":"2025-02-27T03:15:10Z","upstream":["CVE-2024-57834"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57834"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.6.79.1-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-57869.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}