CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-0521
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-02-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
The dvb_ca_ioctl function in drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110_ca.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc2 does not check the sign of a certain integer field, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a negative value.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.38)
• linux linux kernel 2.6.38
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-839 Numeric Range Comparison Without Minimum Check weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cb26a24ee9706473f31d34cc259f4dcf45cd0644 git.kernel.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43009 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.38-rc2 Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45986 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025195 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64988 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cb26a24ee9706473f31d34cc259f4dcf45cd0644 git.kernel.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43009 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.38-rc2 Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45986 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025195 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64988 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry