CVE-2015-8950

arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.3, as used in the ION subsystem in Android and other products, does not initialize certain data…

published October 10, 2016

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
73.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.3, as used in the ION subsystem in Android and other products, does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by triggering a dma_mmap call.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01457 · 73.2th percentile
Published
2016-10-10T10:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 OCT 10:00Z
    arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.3, as used in the ION subsystem in Android and other products, does not initialize certain data…
    cvelistv5