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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-0823): linux vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-0823): linux vulnerability

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/12/2016
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

The pagemap_open function in fs/proc/task_mmu.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.3, as used in Android 6.0.1 before 2016-03-01, allows local users to obtain sensitive physical-address information by reading a pagemap file, aka Android internal bug 25739721.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-armadaxp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-lts-trusty
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-lts-utopic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-ti-omap4

References

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