CVE-2014-9870

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductGoogle Android
PublishedAug 6, 2016
First seenAug 6, 2016

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
google androidv ≤ 6.0.1—
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 3.10.101—

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