Name: CVE-2017-6899: NULL Pointer Dereference
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-06-16T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-6899, CWE-476, CVSS 6.2, EPSS 0.00347

The msm_bus_dbg_update_request_write function in drivers/platform/msm/msm_bus/msm_bus_dbg.c in android_kernel_huawei_msm8916 through 2017-06-16 in LineageOS, and possibly other kernels for MSM devices, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and device crash) via a crafted /sys/kernel/debug/msm-bus-dbg/client-data/update-request write request.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 6.2
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Suse	—	Upgrade libraw16Upgrade libraw-develUpgrade libraw-devel-staticUpgrade libraw9	Aug 2, 2017	Jun 16, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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