APPLIED: [SRU][N][PATCH 0/1] CVE-2025-38227

Edoardo Canepa edoardo.canepa at canonical.com
Fri Oct 10 17:51:37 UTC 2025


Applied to noble/master-next. Thanks.

On 10/7/25 16:29, Alice C. Munduruca wrote:
> [ Impact ]
>
> A Use-After-Free bug is possible in the example driver `vidtv`.
> If the function `vidtv_channel_si_init` fails, we should terminate
> the subsequent process to avoid it accessing the freed `si` member.
>
> [ Fix ]
>
> noble: clean cherry pick from upstream commit.
>
> [ Tests ]
>
> Compile and boot tested.
>
> [ Where problems could occur ]
>
> Given that only the return value of the function changes, there is
> very little chance of regression given that only the failing behavior
> changes. Additionally, this is an example driver and so the risk of
> impact is non-existent.
>
> Edward Adam Davis (1):
>    media: vidtv: Terminating the subsequent process of initialization
>      failure
>
>   drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
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