Description
drivers/media/video/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c in the Video4Linux (V4L) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 on 64-bit platforms does not validate the destination of a memory copy operation, which allows local users to write to arbitrary kernel memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a VIDIOCSTUNER ioctl call on a /dev/video device, followed by a VIDIOCSMICROCODE ioctl call on this device.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 6.2/10
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e645d6b485446c54c6745c5e2cf5c528fe4deec
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42745Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257Third Party Advisory
- http://www.outflux.net/blog/archives/2010/10/19/cve-2010-2963-v4l-compat-exploit/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44242Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024710Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642465Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e645d6b485446c54c6745c5e2cf5c528fe4deec
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42745Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257Third Party Advisory
- http://www.outflux.net/blog/archives/2010/10/19/cve-2010-2963-v4l-compat-exploit/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44242Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024710Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642465Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 26, 2010
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified