CVE-2024-42313: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: venus: fix use after free in vdec_close There appears to be a possible use after free with vdec_close(). The firmware will add buffer release work to the work queue through HFI callbacks as a normal part of decoding. Randomly closing the decoder device from userspace during normal decoding can incur a read after free for inst. Fix it by cancelling the work in vdec_close.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.13, before 4.19.320 (fixed in 4.19.320); from 4.20, before 5.4.282 (fixed in 5.4.282); from 5.5, before 5.10.224 (fixed in 5.10.224); from 5.11, before 5.15.165 (fixed in 5.15.165); from 5.16, before 6.1.103 (fixed in 6.1.103); from 6.2, before 6.6.44 (fixed in 6.6.44); …

Published 2024-08-17. Last modified 2026-08-04.