CVE-2010-5329
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
24/04/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025
Description
The video_usercopy function in drivers/media/video/v4l2-ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 relies on the count value of a v4l2_ext_controls data structure to determine a kmalloc size, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large value.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Base Score 2.0
4.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
CPE | From | Up to |
---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.6.38.8 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://linuxtv.org/irc/v4l/index.php?date=2010-07-29
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/08/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97986
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fc0a80798576f80ca10b3f6c9c7097f12fd1d64e
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fc0a80798576f80ca10b3f6c9c7097f12fd1d64e
- http://linuxtv.org/irc/v4l/index.php?date=2010-07-29
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/08/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97986
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fc0a80798576f80ca10b3f6c9c7097f12fd1d64e
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fc0a80798576f80ca10b3f6c9c7097f12fd1d64e