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CVE-2010-5329

kernel: video_usercopy function uses count value of a v4l2_ext_controls data structure

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · July 12, 2010

Updated · May 13, 2026

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.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG. This issue affects the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption