CVE-2014-9870

published 2016-08-06

CVE-2014-9870: The Linux kernel before 3.11 on ARM platforms, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not properly consider user-space…

Priority P3 37 high 7.8 CVSS 3.0

AV L AC L PR N UI R S U C H I H A H

The Linux kernel before 3.11 on ARM platforms, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not properly consider user-space access to the TPIDRURW register, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28749743 and Qualcomm internal bug CR561044.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	linux	< linux 3.11.5-1 (bookworm)	linux 3.11.5-1 (bookworm)
google	android	<= 6.0.1	—
google	android	—	—
linux	linux_kernel	<= 3.10.101	—
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 3.11.5-1	3.11.5-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 3.11.5-1	3.11.5-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 3.11.5-1	3.11.5-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 3.11.5-1	3.11.5-1

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 9.3 CRITICAL AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv 7.8 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.8 HIGH

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