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CVE-2015-6640
published 2016-01-06

CVE-2015-6640: The prctl_set_vma_anon_name function in kernel/sys.c in Android before 5.1.1 LMY49F and 6.0 before 2016-01-01 does not ensure that only one vma is accessed in…

PriorityP433high7.8CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.73%
50.7th percentile
The prctl_set_vma_anon_name function in kernel/sys.c in Android before 5.1.1 LMY49F and 6.0 before 2016-01-01 does not ensure that only one vma is accessed in a certain update action, which allows attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (vma list corruption) via a crafted application, aka internal bug 20017123.

Affected

5 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
googleandroid
googleandroid
googleandroid
googleandroid
googleandroid

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.09.3CRITICALAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv7.8HIGH
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