# CVE-2024-40973: media: mtk-vcodec: potential null pointer deference in SCP

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-07-12 · Updated: 2026-08-23

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mtk-vcodec: potential null pointer deference in SCP The return value of devm_kzalloc() needs to be checked to avoid NULL pointer deference. This is similar to CVE-2022-3113.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac79a923365ae1e524398087cf16313cdbd7a144
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19ef02106c990bf4235365a08b9d8d2fee37272a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eeb62bb4ca22db17f7dfe8fb8472e0442df3d92f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f066882293b5ad359e44c4ed24ab1811ffb0b354
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a693c7e243b932faee5c1fb728efa73f0abc39b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53dbe08504442dc7ba4865c09b3bbf5fe849681b

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