CVE-2015-8944 PUBLISHED

The ioresources_init function in kernel/resource.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 and 7 (2013) devices, uses weak permissions for /proc/iomem, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file, aka Android internal bug 28814213 and Qualcomm internal bug CR786116. NOTE: the permissions may be intentional in most non-Android contexts.

EPSS 0.06% · 18.5th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.06%
18.5th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.155.15.0-1047.54~20.04.1.1, 5.15.0-1064.73~20.04.1.1, 5.15.0-1065.74~20.04.1.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv5.15.0-1023.27, 5.15.0-1026.30, 5.15.0-1027.31
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-gcp4.15.0-1044.70, 4.15.0-1005.5, 4.15.0-1003.3
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux3.13.0-73.116, 3.13.0-71.114, 3.13.0-70.113
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-raspi24.4.0-1061.69, 0, 4.2.0-1013.19
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtime5.15.0-1073.75, 0
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtime0, 6.8.0-2019.20
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-hwe-edge5.3.0-23.25~18.04.2, 5.3.0-24.26~18.04.2, 5.3.0-23.25~18.04.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-aws4.4.0-1016.25, 4.4.0-1013.22, 4.4.0-1012.21
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtime0, 5.15.0-1032.35
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1017.17~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1014.14~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1013.13~24.04.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-xenial4.4.0-71.92~14.04.1, 0, 4.4.0-13.29~14.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.110, 6.11.0-1009.10~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.4.0-1063.66+cvm3.2, 0, 5.4.0-1063.66+cvm2.2
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-gke4.4.0-1018.18, 4.4.0-1014.14, 4.4.0-1013.13
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-raspi20, 5.3.0-1007.8, 5.3.0-1017.19
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-riscv5.4.0-40.45, 0, 5.4.0-26.30
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux4.4.0-16.32, 4.4.0-15.31, 4.4.0-14.30
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-snapdragon4.4.0-1054.58, 4.4.0-1055.59, 4.4.0-1057.61
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-oem4.15.0-1050.57, 0, 4.15.0-1002.3

…and 5 more

Timeline

References

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