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media: vidtv: fix NULL pointer dereference in vidtv_mux_push_si
authorRuslan Valiyev <linuxoid@gmail.com>
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:05:44 +0000 (17:05 +0000)
committerHans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>
Tue, 5 May 2026 14:57:01 +0000 (16:57 +0200)
syzbot reported a general protection fault in
vidtv_psi_ts_psi_write_into [1].

vidtv_mux_get_pid_ctx() can return NULL, but vidtv_mux_push_si() does
not check for this before dereferencing the returned pointer to access
the continuity counter. This leads to a general protection fault when
accessing a near-NULL address.

The root cause is that vidtv_mux_pid_ctx_init() does not check the
return value of vidtv_mux_create_pid_ctx_once() for PMT section PIDs.
If the allocation fails, the PID context is never created, but init
returns success. The subsequent vidtv_mux_push_si() call then gets
NULL from vidtv_mux_get_pid_ctx() and crashes.

Fix both the root cause (add error check in vidtv_mux_pid_ctx_init
for PMT PIDs) and add defensive NULL checks in vidtv_mux_push_si for
all vidtv_mux_get_pid_ctx() calls.

[1]
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
Workqueue: events vidtv_mux_tick
RIP: 0010:vidtv_psi_ts_psi_write_into+0x54a/0xbc0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:197
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 vidtv_psi_table_header_write_into drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:799 [inline]
 vidtv_psi_pmt_write_into+0x3b2/0xa70 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:1231
 vidtv_mux_push_si+0x932/0xe80 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:196
 vidtv_mux_tick+0xe9b/0x1480 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:408

Fixes: f90cf6079bf67 ("media: vidtv: add a bridge driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: syzbot+814c351d094f4f1a1b86@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=814c351d094f4f1a1b86
Signed-off-by: Ruslan Valiyev <linuxoid@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>
drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c

index f0134e38a1fb8dfadafd1c4f0842a2d880cd1b55..ea2ea53102f9fb57ce9e3f533fee7c233e4ca41d 100644 (file)
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ static int vidtv_mux_pid_ctx_init(struct vidtv_mux *m)
        /* add a ctx for all PMT sections */
        while (p) {
                pid = vidtv_psi_get_pat_program_pid(p);
-               vidtv_mux_create_pid_ctx_once(m, pid);
+               if (!vidtv_mux_create_pid_ctx_once(m, pid))
+                       goto free;
                p = p->next;
        }
 
@@ -170,6 +171,9 @@ static u32 vidtv_mux_push_si(struct vidtv_mux *m)
        nit_ctx = vidtv_mux_get_pid_ctx(m, VIDTV_NIT_PID);
        eit_ctx = vidtv_mux_get_pid_ctx(m, VIDTV_EIT_PID);
 
+       if (!pat_ctx || !sdt_ctx || !nit_ctx || !eit_ctx)
+               return 0;
+
        pat_args.offset             = m->mux_buf_offset;
        pat_args.continuity_counter = &pat_ctx->cc;
 
@@ -186,6 +190,8 @@ static u32 vidtv_mux_push_si(struct vidtv_mux *m)
                }
 
                pmt_ctx = vidtv_mux_get_pid_ctx(m, pmt_pid);
+               if (!pmt_ctx)
+                       continue;
 
                pmt_args.offset             = m->mux_buf_offset;
                pmt_args.pmt                = m->si.pmt_secs[i];