vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2015-8950): linux vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Oct 10, 2016 | Nov 19, 2024 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 10, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.3, as used in the ION subsystem in Android and other products, does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by triggering a dma_mmap call.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-linuxubuntu-upgrade-linux-lts-vividubuntu-upgrade-linux-raspi2
References
- CVE-2015-8950
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2015-8950
- CWE-200
- EUVD-EUVD-2015-8806
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6829e274a623187c24f7cfc0e3d35f25d087fcc5
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.3
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-8806
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=6e2c437a2d0a85d90d3db85a7471f99764f7bbf8
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8950
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