CVE-2014-9888

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9888
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-08-06 10:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-11-28 19:15:00 UTC
Descriptionarch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13 on ARM platforms, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not prevent executable DMA mappings, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28803642 and Qualcomm internal bug CR642735.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Google Nexus 5 - All All All
Hardware Google Nexus 5 - All All All
Hardware Google Nexus 7 - All All All
Hardware Google Nexus 7 - All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ARM: dma-mapping: don't allow DMA mappings to be marked executable · torvalds/linux@0ea1ec7 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
Google Nexus Qualcomm Components Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org
Android Security Bulletin—August 2016 | Android Open Source Project CONFIRM source.android.com Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
kernel/msm - Kernel Tree for MSM/QSD family and Android on MSM/QSD CONFIRM source.codeaurora.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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