An issue was discovered in drivers/media/platform/vivid in the Linux kernel through 5.3.8. It is exploitable for privilege escalation on some Linux distributions where local users have /dev/video0 access, but only if the driver happens to be loaded. There are multiple race conditions during streaming stopping in this driver (part of the V4L2 subsystem). These issues are caused by wrong mutex locking in vivid_stop_generating_vid_cap(), vivid_stop_generating_vid_out(), sdr_cap_stop_streaming(), and the corresponding kthreads. At least one of these race conditions leads to a use-after-free.
This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.0, requiring local system access to exploit but requires specific conditions to be met without requiring user interaction requiring only low-level privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 23 products from linux, from canonical, from opensuse and 20 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
First disclosed in 2019, this vulnerability was reported during a period defined by widespread IoT adoption challenges, mobile security concerns, and the emergence of advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques. Contemporary mitigation strategies focused on secure development practices and third-party component vetting.
2019-11-04T16:15:11.327
2024-11-21T04:33:31.440
Modified
CVSSv3.1: 7.0 (HIGH)
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
3.4
10.0
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | linux | linux_kernel | < 4.4.204 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | linux_kernel | < 4.9.204 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | linux_kernel | < 4.14.157 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | linux_kernel | < 4.19.87 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | linux_kernel | < 5.3.14 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | linux_kernel | < 5.4.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | Yes |
| Operating System | canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | Yes |
| Operating System | canonical | ubuntu_linux | 18.04 | Yes |
| Operating System | canonical | ubuntu_linux | 19.10 | Yes |
| Operating System | opensuse | leap | 15.1 | Yes |
| Application | netapp | active_iq_unified_manager | - | Yes |
| Application | netapp | cloud_backup | - | Yes |
| Application | netapp | data_availability_services | - | Yes |
| Application | netapp | e-series_santricity_os_controller | ≤ 11.70.1 | Yes |
| Application | netapp | element_software | - | Yes |
| Application | netapp | hci_management_node | - | Yes |
| Application | netapp | solidfire | - | Yes |
| Application | netapp | steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage | - | Yes |
| Operating System | broadcom | fabric_operating_system | - | Yes |
| Operating System | netapp | a700s_firmware | - | Yes |
| Hardware | netapp | a700s | - | No |
| Operating System | netapp | 8300_firmware | - | Yes |
| Hardware | netapp | 8300 | - | No |
| Operating System | netapp | 8700_firmware | - | Yes |
| Hardware | netapp | 8700 | - | No |
| Operating System | netapp | a400_firmware | - | Yes |
| Hardware | netapp | a400 | - | No |
| Operating System | netapp | h610s_firmware | - | Yes |
| Hardware | netapp | h610s | - | No |
| Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | Yes |
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