{"id":"CVE-2026-31573","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: verisilicon: Fix kernel panic due to __initconst misuse\n\nFix a kernel panic when probing the driver as a module:\n\n  Unable to handle kernel paging request at vir…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: verisilicon: Fix kernel panic due to __initconst misuse\n\nFix a kernel panic when probing the driver as a module:\n\n  Unable to handle kernel paging request at vir…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel >= 6.19.6, < 6.19.11"],"patched":["linux_kernel 6.19.11"],"published":"2026-04-24","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T11:17:29.137","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31573","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07861e84b766c6db8014bc34138f3be4a62aad2a","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e7e9119cf9b0d8585b27653b1a6dc31397c252e","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8d97c270cb46a2a88739019d0f8547adc7d97da","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00143,"epssPercentile":0.03231,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T11:00:41.713Z","slug":"CVE-2026-31573","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: verisilicon: Fix kernel panic due to __initconst misuse\n\nFix a kernel panic when probing the driver as a module:\n\n  Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address\n  ffffd9c18eb05000\n  of_find_matching_node_and_match+0x5c/0x1a0\n  hantro_probe+0x2f4/0x7d0 [hantro_vpu]\n\nThe imx8mq_vpu_shared_resources array is referenced by variant\nstructures through their shared_devices field. When built as a\nmodule, __initconst causes this data to be freed after module\ninit, but it's later accessed during probe, causing a page fault.\n\nThe imx8mq_vpu_shared_resources is referenced from non-init code,\nso keeping __initconst or __initconst_or_module here is wrong.\n\nDrop the __initconst annotation and let it live in the normal .rodata\nsection.\n\nA bug of __initconst called from regular non-init probe code\nleading to bugs during probe deferrals or during unbind-bind cycles.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.19.6, < 6.19.11`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 6.19.11`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":222258,"id":"CVE-2026-31573","ts":1792065861230,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"5.5"},{"seq":222257,"id":"CVE-2026-31573","ts":1792065861230,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"medium"}]}