CVE-2026-68229

kernel: media: cedrus: skip invalid H.264 reference list entries

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · August 10, 2026

Updated · October 30, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Cedrus media driver. This vulnerability allows an attacker to cause an out-of-bounds read by providing specially crafted H.264 video streams with invalid reference list entries. This could lead to system instability or potentially information disclosure.

Statement

This issue affects Allwinner Cedrus H.264 decoder. Invalid reference list indices not skipped before DPB lookup. Systems without Cedrus VPU are not affected.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read