Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 24, 2017· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-5329
CVE-2010-5329
Description
The video_usercopy function in drivers/media/video/v4l2-ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 relies on the count value of a v4l2_ext_controls data structure to determine a kmalloc size, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large value.
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References
5- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fc0a80798576f80ca10b3f6c9c7097f12fd1d64envdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- linuxtv.org/irc/v4l/index.phpnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/08/4nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97986nvd
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