Bug 2513425 (CVE-2026-68206) - CVE-2026-68206 kernel: media: v4l2-ctrls: validate HEVC active reference counts
Summary: CVE-2026-68206 kernel: media: v4l2-ctrls: validate HEVC active reference counts
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-68206
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-08-10 12:36 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-11 13:54 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-10 12:36:37 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: v4l2-ctrls: validate HEVC active reference counts

HEVC slice parameters are shared stateless V4L2 controls, but the common
validation path does not verify the active L0/L1 reference counts before
driver-specific code consumes them.

The original report came from Cedrus, but the active count bounds are
not Cedrus-specific. Validate them in the common HEVC slice control path
so stateless HEVC drivers get the same basic guarantees as soon as the
control is queued.

Do not reject ref_idx_l0/ref_idx_l1 entries here. Existing userspace may
use out-of-range sentinel values such as 0xff for missing references, and
some hardware can use that information for concealment. Keep this common
check limited to the active reference counts.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-08-11 13:52:28 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081012-CVE-2026-68206-45ac@gregkh/T


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