Bug 2461461 (CVE-2026-31599)

Summary: CVE-2026-31599 kernel: media: vidtv: fix NULL pointer dereference in vidtv_channel_pmt_match_sections
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's vidtv driver. This vulnerability stems from a failure to check for a null return value during memory allocation within the `vidtv_psi_pmt_stream_init` function. This oversight can lead to a null pointer dereference in `vidtv_channel_pmt_match_sections`, causing a general protection fault. The primary impact of this flaw is a system crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-24 15:02:48 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: vidtv: fix NULL pointer dereference in vidtv_channel_pmt_match_sections

syzbot reported a general protection fault in vidtv_psi_desc_assign [1].

vidtv_psi_pmt_stream_init() can return NULL on memory allocation
failure, but vidtv_channel_pmt_match_sections() does not check for
this. When tail is NULL, the subsequent call to
vidtv_psi_desc_assign(&tail->descriptor, desc) dereferences a NULL
pointer offset, causing a general protection fault.

Add a NULL check after vidtv_psi_pmt_stream_init(). On failure, clean
up the already-allocated stream chain and return.

[1]
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
RIP: 0010:vidtv_psi_desc_assign+0x24/0x90 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:629
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 vidtv_channel_pmt_match_sections drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:349 [inline]
 vidtv_channel_si_init+0x1445/0x1a50 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:479
 vidtv_mux_init+0x526/0xbe0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:519
 vidtv_start_streaming drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:194 [inline]
 vidtv_start_feed+0x33e/0x4d0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:239
Comment 1 Keith Grant 2026-04-24 19:17:47 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026042418-CVE-2026-31599-b2c6@gregkh/T