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CVE-2010-2963

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.2 Published: 2010-11-26 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

drivers/media/video/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c in the Video4Linux (V4L) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 on 64-bit platforms does not validate the destination of a memory copy operation, which allows local users to write to arbitrary kernel memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a VIDIOCSTUNER ioctl call on a /dev/video device, followed by a VIDIOCSMICROCODE ioctl call on this device.

Affected Platforms

Canonical Ubuntu LinuxFedoraproject FedoraDebian Debian LinuxSuse Linux Enterprise DesktopOpensuse OpensuseLinux Linux KernelSuse Linux Enterprise Server

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References