CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-53063

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.27%

19th percentile - higher than 19% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the dvbdev media driver has a risk of out-of-bounds memory access. Lack of explicit boundary checks in dvb_register_device() and dvb_device_open() can lead to memory issues, especially when dynamic minors are not used.

Risk Assessment

Out-of-bounds memory access can lead to system crashes or unpredictable behavior, and may be exploited for privilege escalation in environments with access to DVB devices.

Recommendation

Install a Linux kernel patch that adds explicit boundary checks in dvb_register_device() and dvb_device_open() to prevent potential memory issues.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: dvbdev: prevent the risk of out of memory access The dvbdev contains a static variable used to store dvb minors. The behavior of it depends if CONFIG_DVB_DYNAMIC_MINORS is set or not. When not set, dvb_register_device() won't check for boundaries, as it will rely that a previous call to dvb_register_adapter() would already be enforcing it. On a similar way, dvb_device_open() uses the assumption that the register functions already did the needed checks. This can be fragile if some device ends using different calls. This also generate warnings on static check analysers like Coverity. So, add explicit guards to prevent potential risk of OOM issues.

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