CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-0821

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2016-03-12 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-03-12
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-908

Description

The LIST_POISON feature in include/linux/poison.h in the Linux kernel before 4.3, as used in Android 6.0.1 before 2016-03-01, does not properly consider the relationship to the mmap_min_addr value, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass a poison-pointer protection mechanism by triggering the use of an uninitialized list entry, aka Android internal bug 26186802, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3636.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 4.3) • google android 6.0.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource weakness

References