CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-6640
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-01-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The prctl_set_vma_anon_name function in kernel/sys.c in Android before 5.1.1 LMY49F and 6.0 before 2016-01-01 does not ensure that only one vma is accessed in a certain update action, which allows attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (vma list corruption) via a crafted application, aka internal bug 20017123.
Affected configurations
• google android 4.4.4
• google android 5.0
• google android 5.1.1
• google android 6.0
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-01-01.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034592 www.securitytracker.com
- https://android.googlesource.com/kernel%2Fcommon/+/69bfe2d957d903521d32324190c2754cb073be15 android.googlesource.com
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-01-01.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034592 www.securitytracker.com
- https://android.googlesource.com/kernel%2Fcommon/+/69bfe2d957d903521d32324190c2754cb073be15 android.googlesource.com