CVE-2020-11609 — An issue was discovered in the stv06xx subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5
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.
Published
2020-04-07T17:15:14.617
Last modified
2026-10-08T21:17:21.150
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
01What is this vulnerability?
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.
02Affected products
No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2020-04-07T17:15:14.617
- Last modified: 2026-10-08T21:17:21.150
09References
- lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- cdn.kernel.org — https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.1
- git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=485b0…
- github.com — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/485b06aadb933190f4bc44e006076bc27a23f20…
- lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
- lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
- lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html
- security.netapp.com — https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200430-0004/
- usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/4345-1/
- usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/4364-1/
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