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CVE-2025-68808 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30f4d4e5224a9e44e9ceb3956489462319d804ce kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3caa18d35f1dabe85a3dd31bc387f391ac9f9b4e kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98aabfe2d79f74613abc2b0b1cef08f97eaf5322 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a69c7fd603bf5ad93177394fbd9711922ee81032 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb9bd6d8d314b748e946ed6555eb4a956ee8c4d8 kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-68808
NVD Published Date:
01/13/2026
NVD Last Modified:
01/14/2026
Source:
kernel.org