NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting linux-6.12 package, versions <6.12.100-1~deb12u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-LINUX612-18579207
  • published7 Aug 2026
  • disclosed25 Jul 2026

Introduced: 25 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-64358  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest linux-6.12 to version 6.12.100-1~deb12u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-6.12 package and not the linux-6.12 package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: mtk-jpeg: cancel workqueue on release for supported platforms only

Since a recent fix the mtk_jpeg_release function cancels any pending or running work present in the driver workqueue using cancel_work_sync function. Currently, only the multicore based variants use this workqueue and they have the jpeg_worker platform data field initialized with a workqueue callback function. For the others, this field value remain NULL by default. The cancel_work_sync function is unconditionally called in mtk_jpeg_release function, even for the variants that do not use the workqueue. This call generates a WARN_ON print in __flush_work because the workqueue callback function presence check fails in __flush_work function (used by cancel_work_sync).

So, to avoid these warnings, call cancel_work_sync only if a workqueue callback is defined in platform data.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1