medium5.5
CVE-2015-9289
In the Linux kernel before 4.1.4, a buffer overflow occurs when checking userspace params in drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24116.c.
Impact
In the Linux kernel before 4.1.4, a buffer overflow occurs when checking userspace params in drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24116.c. The maximum size for a DiSEqC command is 6, according to the userspace API. However, the code allows larger values such as 23.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | before 4.1.4 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1fa2337a315a2448c5434f41e00d56b01a22283c
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1fa2337a315a2448c5434f41e00d56b01a22283c
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.4
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1fa2337a315a2448c5434f41e00d56b01a22283c
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1fa2337a315a2448c5434f41e00d56b01a22283c
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.4