CVE-2011-0521

The dvb_ca_ioctl function in drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110_ca.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc2 does not check the sign of a certain integer field, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a negative value.

• CWE-119

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cb26a24ee9706473f31d34cc259f4dcf45cd0644
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43009Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.38-rc2Broken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45986Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025195Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64988Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cb26a24ee9706473f31d34cc259f4dcf45cd0644
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43009Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.38-rc2Broken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45986Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025195Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64988Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Feb 2, 2011

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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