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 | Dec 23, 2024 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 10, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Dec 23, 2024
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.
Solution(s)
ubuntu-upgrade-linuxubuntu-upgrade-linux-lts-vividubuntu-upgrade-linux-raspi2
References
- CVE-2015-8950
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2015-8950
- URL-http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6829e274a623187c24f7cfc0e3d35f25d087fcc5
- URL-http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
- URL-http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.3
- URL-https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=6e2c437a2d0a85d90d3db85a7471f99764f7bbf8
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8950
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