SB2017042431 - Resource management errors in Linux kernel media video driver
Published: April 24, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017042431
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management errors (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-5329)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource management errors error within the v4l_printk_ioctl(), check_array_args(), video_ioctl2() and kfree() functions in drivers/media/video/v4l2-ioctl.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- 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