# CVE-2022-49165: media: imx-jpeg: Prevent decoding NV12M jpegs into single-planar buffers

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.13

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: imx-jpeg: Prevent decoding NV12M jpegs into single-planar buffers If the application queues an NV12M jpeg as output buffer, but then queues a single planar capture buffer, the kernel will crash with "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference" in mxc_jpeg_addrs, prevent this by finishing the job with error.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eff76b180751e5e55c872d17755680c3b83ba9ab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d075ede7d24f19dc817c5bd517a53f0524f9031
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4eb591c47c82a6a6ad293ed108c3cb77115fbc25
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/417591a766b3c040c346044541ff949c0b2bb7b2

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