# CVE-2010-5321: Memory leak in drivers/media/video/videobuf-core.c in the videobuf subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.x through 4.x allows local users to cau

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-04-24 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Memory leak in drivers/media/video/videobuf-core.c in the videobuf subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.x through 4.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging /dev/video access for a series of mmap calls that require new allocations, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-6761. NOTE: as of 2016-06-18, this affects only 11 drivers that have not been updated to use videobuf2 instead of videobuf.

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## References

- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=827340
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/08/4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620629
- http://linuxtv.org/irc/v4l/index.php?date=2010-07-29
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120571

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