An issue was discovered in the stv06xx subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.6.1. drivers/media/usb/gspca/stv06xx/stv06xx.c and drivers/media/usb/gspca/stv06xx/stv06xx_pb0100.c mishandle invalid descriptors, as demonstrated by a NULL pointer dereference, aka CID-485b06aadb93.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 6
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=485b06aadb933190f4bc44e006076bc27a23f205 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/485b06aadb933190f4bc44e006076bc27a23f205 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=485b06aadb933190f4bc44e006076bc27a23f205 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/485b06aadb933190f4bc44e006076bc27a23f205 Patch, Third Party Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 4.3 · linux, canonicalNVD modified 2026-10-08 21:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 3
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
References 26
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=485b06aadb933190f4bc44e006076bc27a23f205 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/485b06aadb933190f4bc44e006076bc27a23f205 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200430-0004/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4345-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4364-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4368-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4369-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=485b06aadb933190f4bc44e006076bc27a23f205 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/485b06aadb933190f4bc44e006076bc27a23f205 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200430-0004/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4345-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4364-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4368-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4369-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698