# CVE-2020-11609: An issue was discovered in the stv06xx subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.6.1.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-04-07 · Updated: 2026-10-08

## Affected

No affected packages have been listed by the sources.

## 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.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/485b06aadb933190f4bc44e006076bc27a23f205
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=485b06aadb933190f4bc44e006076bc27a23f205
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200430-0004/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4345-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4364-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4368-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4369-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html

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