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Red Hat: CVE-2021-30002: CVE-2021-30002 kernel: memory leak for large arguments in video_usercopy function in drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2021-30002: CVE-2021-30002 kernel: memory leak for large arguments in video_usercopy function in drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/02/2021
Created
11/10/2022
Added
11/09/2022
Modified
03/13/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.3 when a webcam device exists. video_usercopy in drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c has a memory leak for large arguments, aka CID-fb18802a338b.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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