media: v4l2-ctrls: validate HEVC active reference counts
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: v4l2-ctrls: validate HEVC active reference counts
HEVC slice parameters are shared stateless V4L2 controls, but the common
validation path does not verify the active L0/L1 reference counts before
driver-specific code consumes them.
The original report came from Cedrus, but the active count bounds are
not Cedrus-specific. Validate them in the common HEVC slice control path
so stateless HEVC drivers get the same basic guarantees as soon as the
control is queued.
Do not reject ref_idx_l0/ref_idx_l1 entries here. Existing userspace may
use out-of-range sentinel values such as 0xff for missing references, and
some hardware can use that information for concealment. Keep this common
check limited to the active reference counts.
Affected products
Linux · LinuxReferences
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3068ab802fc98b121dcb451e1f7f4d338ffc7a19https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a998cc1c348769262d433acb7d238c5fac4b2e0https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afbe4bc252d90a6f8fad869b06d5430f615f22f9https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b01df98a6669d2b67d8aed816021b327fd905998https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbaf0e0023e2f9332c5164822def7f80b7d2c5ef