CVE-2015-8950

kernel: Missing cleaning of allocated buffers

Published Oct 10, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8806 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
google_android
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 8:36 AM
Reserved
Aug 11, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 10, 2016, 10:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:35 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jan 28, 2016, 12:00 AM