CVE-2015-9289

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    CVE-2015-9289

    Published: 27 Jul 2019Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In the Linux kernel before 4.1.4, a buffer overflow occurs when checking userspace params in drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24116.c. The maximum size for a DiSEqC command is 6, according to the userspace API. However, the code allows larger values such as 23.

    References: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1fa2337a315a2448c5434f41e00d56b01a22283c, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1fa2337a315a2448c5434f41e00d56b01a22283c, https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.4, https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1fa2337a315a2448c5434f41e00d56b01a22283c, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1fa2337a315a2448c5434f41e00d56b01a22283c

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