The vulnerability of the qt1010_init() function in the drivers/media/tuners/qt1010.c module of the Linux kernel’s multimedia device driver, which allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the qt1010init function in the drivers/media/tuners/qt1010.c driver for multimedia devices in the Linux kernel is related to the copying of buffers without checking the size of the input data a classic buffer overflow attack. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an...