high7.8
CVE-2016-2067
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…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Android | through 6.0.1 | |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 3.0 through 3.19.8 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=410cfa95f0a1cf58819cbfbd896f9aa45b004ac0
- https://www.codeaurora.org/privilege-escalation-vulnerability-graphics-driver-cve-2016-2067
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=410cfa95f0a1cf58819cbfbd896f9aa45b004ac0
- https://www.codeaurora.org/privilege-escalation-vulnerability-graphics-driver-cve-2016-2067