CVE-2026-43263media: chips-media: wave5: Fix Null reference while testing fluster
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.16%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 95% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: chips-media: wave5: Fix Null reference while testing fluster When multi instances are created/destroyed, many interrupts happens and structures for decoder are removed. "struct vpu_instance" this structure is shared for all flow in the decoder, so if the structure is not protected by lock, Null dereference could happens sometimes. IRQ Handler was spilt to two phases and Lock was added as well.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.16% · top 95% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected 9707a6254a8a6b978bde811a44fe07d86c229d1c – < 925b8f99f92fc968990ebb4ec49c96ac2d4e600b
- affected 9707a6254a8a6b978bde811a44fe07d86c229d1c – < ea316b784fe6a61b29131c98cddb24e651b1dcbc
- affected 9707a6254a8a6b978bde811a44fe07d86c229d1c – < d12bcf183ec7da4305d848068d15f18044eaf62a
- affected 9707a6254a8a6b978bde811a44fe07d86c229d1c – < e66ff2b08e4ee1c4d3b84f24818e5bcc178cc3a4
- affected 6.8
- unaffected < 6.8
- unaffected 6.12.114 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.16 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 6.19.6 – ≤ 6.19.*
- unaffected 7.0 – ≤ *
References
References4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/925b8f99f92fc968990ebb4ec49c96ac2d4e600b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea316b784fe6a61b29131c98cddb24e651b1dcbc (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d12bcf183ec7da4305d848068d15f18044eaf62a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e66ff2b08e4ee1c4d3b84f24818e5bcc178cc3a4 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-27660 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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