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.
Published: 2016-10-10
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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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Linux Linux Kernel
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: google_android

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:36:30.390Z

Reserved: 2016-08-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8950

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Status : Modified

Published: 2016-10-10T10:59:01.260

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-8950

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Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-01-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8950 - Bugzilla

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