CVE-2015-9289

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1fa2337a315a2448c5434f41e00d56b01a22283cPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1fa2337a315a2448c5434f41e00d56b01a22283cPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.4Release Notes
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1fa2337a315a2448c5434f41e00d56b01a22283cPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1fa2337a315a2448c5434f41e00d56b01a22283cPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.4Release Notes

Timeline

Published: Jul 27, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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