# CVE-2025-38044: media: cx231xx: set device\_caps for 417

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-06-18 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: cx231xx: set device_caps for 417 The video_device for the MPEG encoder did not set device_caps. Add this, otherwise the video device can't be registered (you get a WARN_ON instead). Not seen before since currently 417 support is disabled, but I found this while experimenting with it.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ad41beb7df3bd63b209842d16765ec59dafe6e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0884dd3abbe80307a2d4cbdbe5e312be164f8adb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c91447e35b9bea60bda4408c48e7891d14351021
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d1a5be86dbe074bd8dd6bdd63a99d6bb66d5930
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c9eca180a4235abd56cc7f7308ca72128d93dce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4731d5328f507ae8fd8a57abbca9119ec7a8d665
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e43fd82bb2110bf9d13d800cdc49cceddfd0ede5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a79efc44b51432490538a55b9753a721f7d3ea42

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