Linux Kernel up to 6.18.15/6.19.5 wave5_dec_clr_disp_flag denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.15/6.19.5. The affected element is the function wave5_dec_clr_disp_flag. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-43247. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.15/6.19.5. This vulnerability affects the function wave5_dec_clr_disp_flag. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: chips-media: wave5: Fix SError of kernel panic when closed SError of kernel panic rarely happened while testing fluster. The root cause was to enter suspend mode because timeout of autosuspend delay happened. [ 48.834439] SError Interrupt on CPU0, code 0x00000000bf000000 -- SError [ 48.834455] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1067 Comm: v4l2h265dec0:sr Not tainted 6.12.9-gc9e21a1ebd75-dirty #7 [ 48.834461] Hardware name: ti Texas Instruments J721S2 EVM/Texas Instruments J721S2 EVM, BIOS 2025.01-00345-gbaf3aaa8ecfa 01/01/2025 [ 48.834464] pstate: 20000005 (nzCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 48.834468] pc : wave5_dec_clr_disp_flag+0x40/0x80 [wave5] [ 48.834488] lr : wave5_dec_clr_disp_flag+0x40/0x80 [wave5] [ 48.834495] sp : ffff8000856e3a30 [ 48.834497] x29: ffff8000856e3a30 x28: ffff0008093f6010 x27: ffff000809158130 [ 48.834504] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: ffff00080b625000 x24: ffff000804a9ba80 [ 48.834509] x23: ffff000802343028 x22: ffff000809158150 x21: ffff000802218000 [ 48.834513] x20: ffff0008093f6000 x19: ffff0008093f6000 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 48.834518] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000ffff74009618 [ 48.834523] x14: 000000010000000c x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000 [ 48.834527] x11: ffffffffffffffff x10: ffffffffffffffff x9 : ffff000802343028 [ 48.834532] x8 : ffff00080b6252a0 x7 : 0000000000000038 x6 : 0000000000000000 [ 48.834536] x5 : ffff00080b625060 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000 [ 48.834541] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff800084bf0118 x0 : ffff800084bf0000 [ 48.834547] Kernel panic - not syncing: Asynchronous SError Interrupt [ 48.834549] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1067 Comm: v4l2h265dec0:sr Not tainted 6.12.9-gc9e21a1ebd75-dirty #7 [ 48.834554] Hardware name: ti Texas Instruments J721S2 EVM/Texas Instruments J721S2 EVM, BIOS 2025.01-00345-gbaf3aaa8ecfa 01/01/2025 [ 48.834556] Call trace: [ 48.834559] dump_backtrace+0x94/0xec [ 48.834574] show_stack+0x18/0x24 [ 48.834579] dump_stack_lvl+0x38/0x90 [ 48.834585] dump_stack+0x18/0x24 [ 48.834588] panic+0x35c/0x3e0 [ 48.834592] nmi_panic+0x40/0x8c [ 48.834595] arm64_serror_panic+0x64/0x70 [ 48.834598] do_serror+0x3c/0x78 [ 48.834601] el1h_64_error_handler+0x34/0x4c [ 48.834605] el1h_64_error+0x64/0x68 [ 48.834608] wave5_dec_clr_disp_flag+0x40/0x80 [wave5] [ 48.834615] wave5_vpu_dec_clr_disp_flag+0x54/0x80 [wave5] [ 48.834622] wave5_vpu_dec_buf_queue+0x19c/0x1a0 [wave5] [ 48.834628] __enqueue_in_driver+0x3c/0x74 [videobuf2_common] [ 48.834639] vb2_core_qbuf+0x508/0x61c [videobuf2_common] [ 48.834646] vb2_qbuf+0xa4/0x168 [videobuf2_v4l2] [ 48.834656] v4l2_m2m_qbuf+0x80/0x238 [v4l2_mem2mem] [ 48.834666] v4l2_m2m_ioctl_qbuf+0x18/0x24 [v4l2_mem2mem] [ 48.834673] v4l_qbuf+0x48/0x5c [videodev] [ 48.834704] __video_do_ioctl+0x180/0x3f0 [videodev] [ 48.834725] video_usercopy+0x2ec/0x68c [videodev] [ 48.834745] video_ioctl2+0x18/0x24 [videodev] [ 48.834766] v4l2_ioctl+0x40/0x60 [videodev] [ 48.834786] __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xa8/0xec [ 48.834793] invoke_syscall+0x44/0x100 [ 48.834800] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc0/0xe0 [ 48.834804] do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28 [ 48.834809] el0_svc+0x30/0xd0 [ 48.834813] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xc0/0xc4 [ 48.834816] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 [ 48.834820] SMP: stopping secondary CPUs [ 48.834831] Kernel Offset: disabled [ 48.834833] CPU features: 0x08,00002002,80200000,4200421b [ 48.834837] Memory Limit: none [ 49.161404] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Asynchronous SError Interrupt ]---

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-43247 since 05/01/2026. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 6.18.16 or 6.19.6 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 27cb12b7dc88c51582094eeb2b65b0e94603e411/5da55243fe190c2165ed34e77091a43c0ff74f10/cbb9c0d50e471483cced55f5b7db4569dcd959a6 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.18.0
• 6.18.1
• 6.18.2
• 6.18.3
• 6.18.4
• 6.18.5
• 6.18.6
• 6.18.7
• 6.18.8
• 6.18.9
• 6.18.10
• 6.18.11
• 6.18.12
• 6.18.13
• 6.18.14
• 6.18.15
• 6.19.0
• 6.19.1
• 6.19.2
• 6.19.3
• 6.19.4
• 6.19.5

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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