SB2020043033 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Published: April 30, 2020 Updated: May 25, 2020
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11668)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the drivers/media/usb/gspca/xirlink_cit.c in Xirlink camera USB driver. A local user can pass specially crafted data to the driver and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11608)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in "drivers/media/usb/gspca/ov519.c" file in "ov511_mode_init_regs and ov518_mode_init_regs". A remote authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
3) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11609)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the stv06xx subsystem in the "drivers/media/usb/gspca/stv06xx/stv06xx.c" and "drivers/media/usb/gspca/stv06xx/stv06xx_pb0100.c" files. A remote authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.1
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a246b4d547708f33ff4d4b9a7a5dbac741dc89d8
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a246b4d547708f33ff4d4b9a7a5dbac741dc89d8
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200430-0004/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4345-1/
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=998912346c0da53a6dbb71fab3a138586b596b30
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/998912346c0da53a6dbb71fab3a138586b596b30
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4364-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4368-1/
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=485b06aadb933190f4bc44e006076bc27a23f205
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/485b06aadb933190f4bc44e006076bc27a23f205