CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-5340
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-08-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• google android (<= 7.0)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.0 <= 3.19.8)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92374 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=06e51489061e5473b4e2035c79dcf7c27a6f75a6 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.codeaurora.org/invalid-path-check-ashmem-memory-file-cve-2016-5340 Broken Link
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92374 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=06e51489061e5473b4e2035c79dcf7c27a6f75a6 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.codeaurora.org/invalid-path-check-ashmem-memory-file-cve-2016-5340 Broken Link