# CVE-2026-31573: media: verisilicon: Fix kernel panic due to \_\_initconst misuse

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.7, 6.19.11
- Published: 2026-04-24 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: from 6.6.160, fixed in 6.7
- Linux: from 6.19.6, fixed in 6.19.11
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.19.6, fixed in 6.19.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: verisilicon: Fix kernel panic due to __initconst misuse Fix a kernel panic when probing the driver as a module: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffffd9c18eb05000 of_find_matching_node_and_match+0x5c/0x1a0 hantro_probe+0x2f4/0x7d0 [hantro_vpu] The imx8mq_vpu_shared_resources array is referenced by variant structures through their shared_devices field. When built as a module, __initconst causes this data to be freed after module init, but it's later accessed during probe, causing a page fault. The imx8mq_vpu_shared_resources is referenced from non-init code, so keeping __initconst or __initconst_or_module here is wrong. Drop the __initconst annotation and let it live in the normal .rodata section. A bug of __initconst called from regular non-init probe code leading to bugs during probe deferrals or during unbind-bind cycles.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53b88097bb0e0b895a691ae7da4a54b567c0d375
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d177ff5eb235de9cc0b8e877466f5a3af6f573e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07861e84b766c6db8014bc34138f3be4a62aad2a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e7e9119cf9b0d8585b27653b1a6dc31397c252e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8d97c270cb46a2a88739019d0f8547adc7d97da

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