# CVE-2021-42739: The firewire subsystem in the Linux kernel through 5.14.13 has a buffer overflow related to drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-avc.c and drivers

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-10-20 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The firewire subsystem in the Linux kernel through 5.14.13 has a buffer overflow related to drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-avc.c and drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-ci.c, because avc_ca_pmt mishandles bounds checking.

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## References

- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/YHaulytonFcW+lyZ%40mwanda/
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=35d2969ea3c7d32aee78066b1f3cf61a0d935a4e
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q2/46
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1951739
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20220804-0001/

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