CVE-2020-11608

A flaw was found in the way the ov519 driver in the Linux kernel handled certain types of USB descriptors. This flaw allows an attacker with the ability to induce the error conditions to crash the system.

This issue is rated as having Low impact because of the preconditions needed to trigger the issue (physical access).

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.

In order to mitigate this issue it is possible to prevent the affected code from being loaded by blacklisting the kernel module gspca_ov519. For instructions relating to how to blacklist a kernel module refer to: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 .