# CVE-2026-43256: media: qcom: camss: vfe: Fix out-of-bounds access in vfe\_isr\_reg\_update()

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-06 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.18

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: qcom: camss: vfe: Fix out-of-bounds access in vfe_isr_reg_update() vfe_isr() iterates using MSM_VFE_IMAGE_MASTERS_NUM(7) as the loop bound and passes the index to vfe_isr_reg_update(). However, vfe->line[] array is defined with VFE_LINE_NUM_MAX(4): struct vfe_line line[VFE_LINE_NUM_MAX]; When index is 4, 5, 6, the access to vfe->line[line_id] exceeds the array bounds and resulting in out-of-bounds memory access. Fix this by using separate loops for output lines and write masters.

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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/e6cbf765686fb6c1d8f2530b3daf6c66efc92f5d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c074e80921fd18984b75836730d76c768c84f65
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b103307df6d461a0731be25aca69ad0335b0933
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fade67c88870f497a13ed450ba01f7236c92dd9b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7a38ecda2498e7ce998793ac2a46ca47317635d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d965919af524e68cb2ab1a685872050ad2ee933d

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