CVE-2016-5340

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Aug 7, 2016
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: Jun 9, 2016

Description

The is_ashmem_file function in drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c in a certain Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android patch for the Linux kernel 3.x mishandles pointer validation within the KGSL Linux Graphics Module, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using the /ashmem string as the dentry name.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

https://www.codeaurora.org/invalid-path-check-ashmem-memory-file-cve-2016-5340
92374vdb-entry
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=06e51489061e5473b4e2035c79dcf7c27a6f75a6
1036763vdb-entry

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