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Elevation of privilege vulnerability in kernel shared memory subsystem

CVE-2016-5340

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• CVE numbers: CVE-2016-5340 [Bulletin-CVE-2016-5340]
• Coordinated disclosure?: unknown
• Categories: Elevation of privilege vulnerability in kernel shared memory subsystem
• Details: 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. [NIST-CVE-2016-5340]
• Discovered by: on: Unknown
• Reported on: 2016-09-01 [Bulletin-CVE-2016-5340]
• Fixed on: 2016-06-22 [QC-CR#1008948]
• Fix released on: Unknown
• Affected versions: regex:
• Affected devices:
• Affected manufacturers: all [Bulletin-CVE-2016-5340]
• Fixed versions:
• Submission: by: Daniel Carter, on: 2019-07-29