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SUSE: CVE-2015-9289: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2015-9289: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
07/27/2019
Created
09/04/2019
Added
08/30/2019
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

In the Linux kernel before 4.1.4, a buffer overflow occurs when checking userspace params in drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24116.c. The maximum size for a DiSEqC command is 6, according to the userspace API. However, the code allows larger values such as 23.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default

References

  • SUSE-SU-2019:14157-1
  • CVE-2015-9289

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