CVE-2021-30002

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-30002  

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.3 when a webcam device exists. video_usercopy in drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c has a memory leak for large arguments, aka CID-fb18802a338b.

Description

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.3 when a webcam device exists. video_usercopy in drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c has a memory leak for large arguments, aka CID-fb18802a338b.

Additional Information

  • Bugzilla 1946279: CVE-2021-30002 kernel: memory leak for large arguments in video_usercopy function in drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c
  • CWE-772: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2021-30002