Memory leak in Linux kernel webcam driver

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU68552

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-30002

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the webcam support driver in video_usercopy() function in drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c in Linux kernel. A local user can trigger leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Linux kernel: before 5.11.3

External links

http://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.3
http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184120
http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fb18802a338b36f675a388fc03d2aa504a0d0899
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.