CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-68208

Low risk· EPSS 10%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.20%

10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the ti vpe driver has an error code bug for devm_kzalloc(). Using PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO() returns 0 for NULL pointer, masking the memory allocation failure.

Risk Assessment

The organization may experience malfunction of video hardware due to unnoticed memory allocation failure, potentially leading to crashes or instability.

Recommendation

Apply a Linux kernel update containing the fix that returns -ENOMEM on devm_kzalloc() failure.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: ti: vpe: Fix the error code of devm_kzalloc() in vip_probe_slice() In vip_probe_slice(), the error check for devm_kzalloc() incorrectly uses PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO() which returns 0 for NULL pointer. Return -ENOMEM for devm_kzalloc() failure.

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