Description
An issue was discovered in the stv06xx subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.6.1. drivers/media/usb/gspca/stv06xx/stv06xx.c and drivers/media/usb/gspca/stv06xx/stv06xx_pb0100.c mishandle invalid descriptors, as demonstrated by a NULL pointer dereference, aka CID-485b06aadb93.
References (13)
Core 13
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.1
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/485b06aadb933190f4bc44e006076bc27a23f205
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=485b06aadb933190f4bc44e006076bc27a23f205
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200430-0004/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4345-1/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4364-1/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4368-1/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4369-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html
Scores
CVSS v3
4.3
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
20.0%
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (3)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
linux/linux_kernel
< 5.6.1
Published
Apr 07, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026