# CVE-2025-22028: media: vimc: skip .s\_stream() for stopped entities

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.15, 4.20, 5.1
- Published: 2025-04-16 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 4.14.108, fixed in 4.15; from 4.19.31, fixed in 4.20; from 5.0.4, fixed in 5.1
- Linux: 5.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: vimc: skip .s_stream() for stopped entities Syzbot reported [1] a warning prompted by a check in call_s_stream() that checks whether .s_stream() operation is warranted for unstarted or stopped subdevs. Add a simple fix in vimc_streamer_pipeline_terminate() ensuring that entities skip a call to .s_stream() unless they have been previously properly started. [1] Syzbot report: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5933 at drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c:460 call_s_stream+0x2df/0x350 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c:460 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5933 Comm: syz-executor330 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc2-syzkaller-00362-g2d8308bf5b67 #0 ... Call Trace: <TASK> vimc_streamer_pipeline_terminate+0x218/0x320 drivers/media/test-drivers/vimc/vimc-streamer.c:62 vimc_streamer_pipeline_init drivers/media/test-drivers/vimc/vimc-streamer.c:101 [inline] vimc_streamer_s_stream+0x650/0x9a0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vimc/vimc-streamer.c:203 vimc_capture_start_streaming+0xa1/0x130 drivers/media/test-drivers/vimc/vimc-capture.c:256 vb2_start_streaming+0x15f/0x5a0 drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c:1789 vb2_core_streamon+0x2a7/0x450 drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c:2348 vb2_streamon drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c:875 [inline] vb2_ioctl_streamon+0xf4/0x170 drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c:1118 __video_do_ioctl+0xaf0/0xf00 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c:3122 video_usercopy+0x4d2/0x1620 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c:3463 v4l2_ioctl+0x1ba/0x250 drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c:366 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:906 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:892 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x190/0x200 fs/ioctl.c:892 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f2b85c01b19 ...

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (4.15, 4.20, 5.1) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a505075730d23ccc19fc4ac382a0ed73b630c057
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/845e9286ff99ee88cfdeb2b748f730003a512190
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f6064dab4dcfb7e34a395040a0c9dc22cc8765d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a58d4c4cf8ff60ab1f93399deefaf6057da91c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36cef585e2a31e4ddf33a004b0584a7a572246de

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