The video_usercopy function in drivers/media/video/v4l2-ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 relies on the count value of a v4l2_ext_controls data structure to determine a kmalloc size, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large value.
linuxtv.org/irc/v4l/index.php?date=2010-07-29
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/08/4
www.securityfocus.com/bid/97986
git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fc0a80798576f80ca10b3f6c9c7097f12fd1d64e
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fc0a80798576f80ca10b3f6c9c7097f12fd1d64e