CVE-2026-89873

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: v4l2-ctrls: validate HEVC EXT SPS RPS counts The HEVC SPS control carries the short-term and long-term RPS counts that decoder drivers use to walk the matching EXT SPS dynamic arrays. Reject SPS values that exceed the HEVC limits of 64 short-term sets and 32 long-term references so drivers cannot later index beyond those controls. Also reject EXT SPS ST RPS entries whose negative or positive picture counts exceed the 16-entry arrays, or whose combined delta-POC count exceeds the HEVC DPB maximum.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30f85a7c59113a8844b276efc010085a34f912e9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/796b5c6d4f1615d59d5d8fe5a38fae6bfdfe878e

Configurations

No configuration.

History

16 Sep 2026, 15:18

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.8

Information

Published : 2026-09-16 11:16

Updated : 2026-09-16 15:18

NVD link : CVE-2026-89873

Mitre link : CVE-2026-89873

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-89873

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

No CWE.

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