CVE-2015-9289

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedJul 27, 2019
First seenJul 27, 2019

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel4.1.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv < 4.1.44.1.4

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