Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-5329
Published: April 24, 2017 / Updated: April 27, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92435
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-5329
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2010-5329
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- 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