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media: videobuf2: forbid remove_bufs when legacy fileio is active

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: videobuf2: forbid remove_bufs when legacy fileio is active vb2_ioctl_remove_bufs() call manipulates queue internal buffer list, potentially overwriting some pointers used by the legacy fileio access mode. Forbid that ioctl when fileio is active to protect internal queue state between subsequent read/write calls.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.12.58, 6.17.8
CVEs
CVE-2025-40302
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 16:12 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

media: videobuf2: forbid remove_bufs when legacy fileio is active

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Dec 2025, 00:46 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: videobuf2: forbid remove_bufs when legacy fileio is active vb2_ioctl_remove_bufs() call manipulates queue internal buffer list, potentially overwriting some pointers used by the legacy fileio access mode. Forbid that ioctl when fileio is active to protect internal queue state between subsequent read/write calls.

osv:CVE-2025-40302

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.12.58, 6.17.8

Complete source record
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