The vulnerability of the bcm3510_download_firmware() function in the drivers/media/dvb-frontends/bcm3510.c driver for multimedia devices in the Linux kernel allows a hacker to induce a service failure.

The vulnerability of the bcm3510downloadfirmware function in the drivers/media/dvb-frontends/bcm3510.c driver for multimedia devices in the Linux kernel is related to the absence of references to an active, allocated resource. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a servi...