Unscored severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-98882
media: chips-media: wave5: Add range checks for dec_output_info
New
–
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: chips-media: wave5: Add range checks for dec_output_info
If the driver's dec_output_info contains invalid data the driver can
write in invalid memory. Add a range check for that.
This fixes this smatch error:
drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpuapi.c:588 wave5_vpu_dec_get_output_info() error: buffer overflow 'inst->frame_buf' 64 <= 127
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 13% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
45d1a2b93277a24a90265055f5b87c7562d6acb9 before d6f777d11c7b34549cdadd8578d4b85f685eb976; 45d1a2b93277a24a90265055f5b87c7562d6acb9 before 144f24ec0fc1e51673611912a6d14ded0a61db43; 45d1a2b93277a24a90265055f5b87c7562d6acb9 before 79aef69bb0903616f4867f0168aea717a11c439c; 6.8 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98882
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98882
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/144f24ec0fc1e51673611912a6d14ded0a61db43
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79aef69bb0903616f4867f0168aea717a11c439c
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6f777d11c7b34549cdadd8578d4b85f685eb976
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