[PATCH] media: vidtv: fix NULL pointer dereference in vidtv_mux_push_si

From: Ruslan Valiyev

Date: Tue Mar 17 2026 - 13:08:12 EST


syzbot reported a general protection fault in
vidtv_psi_ts_psi_write_into [1].

vidtv_mux_get_pid_ctx() can return NULL, but vidtv_mux_push_si() does
not check for this before dereferencing the returned pointer to access
the continuity counter. This leads to a general protection fault when
accessing a near-NULL address.

The root cause is that vidtv_mux_pid_ctx_init() does not check the
return value of vidtv_mux_create_pid_ctx_once() for PMT section PIDs.
If the allocation fails, the PID context is never created, but init
returns success. The subsequent vidtv_mux_push_si() call then gets
NULL from vidtv_mux_get_pid_ctx() and crashes.

Fix both the root cause (add error check in vidtv_mux_pid_ctx_init
for PMT PIDs) and add defensive NULL checks in vidtv_mux_push_si for
all vidtv_mux_get_pid_ctx() calls.

[1]
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
Workqueue: events vidtv_mux_tick
RIP: 0010:vidtv_psi_ts_psi_write_into+0x54a/0xbc0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:197
Call Trace:
<TASK>
vidtv_psi_table_header_write_into drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:799 [inline]
vidtv_psi_pmt_write_into+0x3b2/0xa70 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:1231
vidtv_mux_push_si+0x932/0xe80 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:196
vidtv_mux_tick+0xe9b/0x1480 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:408

Fixes: f90cf6079bf67 ("media: vidtv: add a bridge driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: syzbot+814c351d094f4f1a1b86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=814c351d094f4f1a1b86
Signed-off-by: Ruslan Valiyev <linuxoid@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c b/drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c
index 403fbedb86636..bc52f51418f25 100644
--- a/drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c
+++ b/drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ static int vidtv_mux_pid_ctx_init(struct vidtv_mux *m)
/* add a ctx for all PMT sections */
while (p) {
pid = vidtv_psi_get_pat_program_pid(p);
- vidtv_mux_create_pid_ctx_once(m, pid);
+ if (!vidtv_mux_create_pid_ctx_once(m, pid))
+ goto free;
p = p->next;
}

@@ -170,6 +171,9 @@ static u32 vidtv_mux_push_si(struct vidtv_mux *m)
nit_ctx = vidtv_mux_get_pid_ctx(m, VIDTV_NIT_PID);
eit_ctx = vidtv_mux_get_pid_ctx(m, VIDTV_EIT_PID);

+ if (!pat_ctx || !sdt_ctx || !nit_ctx || !eit_ctx)
+ return 0;
+
pat_args.offset = m->mux_buf_offset;
pat_args.continuity_counter = &pat_ctx->cc;

@@ -186,6 +190,8 @@ static u32 vidtv_mux_push_si(struct vidtv_mux *m)
}

pmt_ctx = vidtv_mux_get_pid_ctx(m, pmt_pid);
+ if (!pmt_ctx)
+ continue;

pmt_args.offset = m->mux_buf_offset;
pmt_args.pmt = m->si.pmt_secs[i];
--
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