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Run script as below on host to do sha continuously\n #!/bin/bash\n while [ [1] ];\n do\n\tfind /media -type f -printf '\"%h/%f\"\\n' | xargs sha256sum\n done\n4. Open KVM on OpenBMC's web\n\nThe size of macro block captured is 8x8. Therefore, we should make sure\nthe height of src-buf is 8 aligned to fix this issue." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The vulnerable path is reached through the local V4L2 device node (/dev/video*) via open, VIDIOC_S_DV_TIMINGS, and streaming ioctls on the BMC; the kernel does not process network packets in this driver.\nAC:L - Any non-8-aligned capture height (e.g. 1600x900) reliably allocates an undersized DMA buffer and the hardware always writes past it; an attacker who can open the device can set such timings and start streaming without depending on conditions outside their control.\nPR:L - The driver performs no capability checks; access requires only open permission on the V4L2 device (typically video-group membership), not real root or init-namespace admin privileges.\nUI:N - A local attacker with device access can open the capture device, set undersized timings, and start streaming themselves without any separate victim action.\nS:U - Impact is memory corruption within the same BMC kernel security authority that hosts the vulnerable driver; this is standard local privilege escalation, not a cross-boundary escape.\nC:H - The out-of-bounds DMA write is substantial kernel memory corruption (~25KB at 1600x900, more at other non-aligned modes) that can be leveraged for information disclosure primitives.\nI:H - Hardware DMA performs a large out-of-bounds write of capturable framebuffer data into adjacent coherent DMA/kernel memory, which is exploitable for integrity compromise and control-flow hijacking.\nA:H - The memory overwrite is documented to crash the system (kernel oops/panic) under realistic OpenBMC KVM capture workloads." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/media/platform/aspeed/aspeed-video.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "d2b4387f3bdf016e266d23cf657465f557721488", "lessThan": "4c823e4027dd1d6e88c31028dec13dd19bc7b02d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "d2b4387f3bdf016e266d23cf657465f557721488", "lessThan": "c281355068bc258fd619c5aefd978595bede7bfe", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/media/platform/aspeed/aspeed-video.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.0", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.0", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1.120", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.0", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.120" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.0", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c823e4027dd1d6e88c31028dec13dd19bc7b02d" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c281355068bc258fd619c5aefd978595bede7bfe" } ], "title": "media: aspeed: Fix memory overwrite if timing is 1600x900", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "metrics": [ { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "timestamp": "2024-09-09T20:43:04.212290Z", "id": "CVE-2023-52916", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "partial" } ], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "version": "2.0.3" } } } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2024-09-29T13:22:28.595Z" } }, { "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [ { "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html" } ], "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2025-11-03T20:36:16.639Z" } } ] } }