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Date: Sun,  8 Feb 2015 15:34:31 -0500 (EST)
From: cve-assign@...re.org
To: kseifried@...hat.com
Cc: cve-assign@...re.org, oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: kernel: v4l: videobuf: hotfix a bug on multiple calls to mmap() - Linux kernel

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> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620629
> 
> not sure if this ever got a cve (or needs one, depends on device perms)

> http://linuxtv.org/irc/v4l/index.php?date=2010-07-29
> 
> [12:15] <posciak> I see there is no limit on count in v4l2_ext_ctrls
> structure... This has a direct influence on kernel memory allocation
> in do_ioctl2, i.e. userspace could pass big numbers and have kernel
> allocate huge amounts of memory... but since kmalloc won't allocate
> more than a couple of kilobytes, I guess there is not much of a
> problem problem here... just mentioning :)
> 
> [12:24] <posciak> I guess introducing a VIDEO_MAX_EXT_CTRLS_SIZE or
> something like that would help, as you mentioned
> 
> [12:53] <hverkuil> I thought that that patch was merged. I guess not,
> I'll see if I can make it part of my controller fw patch series. Some
> sort of sanity check there would be welcome.

Use CVE-2010-5321 for the
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620629#c0 "calling mmap
enough times for the same buffer (offset) resulted in a new memory
allocation by videobuf on each such call and losing the old
allocation, resulting in a leak each time and the system running out
of memory" issue.

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