Description
Memory leak in drivers/media/video/videobuf-core.c in the videobuf subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.x through 4.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging /dev/video access for a series of mmap calls that require new allocations, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-6761. NOTE: as of 2016-06-18, this affects only 11 drivers that have not been updated to use videobuf2 instead of videobuf.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 4.3/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://linuxtv.org/irc/v4l/index.php?date=2010-07-29Not Applicable
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/08/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=827340Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120571Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620629Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://linuxtv.org/irc/v4l/index.php?date=2010-07-29Not Applicable
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/08/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=827340Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120571Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620629Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Timeline
- Published
- Apr 24, 2017
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified