CVE-2015-9289: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 4.1.4 (fixed in 4.1.4)

Published 2019-07-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.