CVE-2024-53061

Summary

CVE-2024-53061 is a recently identified vulnerability in the Linux kernel's media driver for the s5p-jpeg chip. The issue lies in the current logic that permits the variable 'word' to fall short of the anticipated value. Consequently, buffer overflows arise due to this oversight, as revealed by the smatch tool. To rectify this, additional checks have been implemented to thwart such occurrences. Furthermore, an unnecessary assignment of 'word = 0' has been removed.

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