First published: Mon Jul 11 2016(Updated: )
drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c in the MSM graphics driver (aka GPU driver) for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, mishandles the KGSL_MEMFLAGS_GPUREADONLY flag, which allows attackers to gain privileges by leveraging accidental read-write mappings, aka Qualcomm internal bug CR988993.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Google Android | <=6.0.1 | |
Linux Linux kernel | >=3.0<=3.19.8 |
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