VDB
GHSA-p8h6-wwj3-cwv3
GHSA-p8h6-wwj3-cwv3
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022
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.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Timeline
- May 17, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=4f57652fcd2dce7741f1ac6dc0417e2f265cd1de url
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a4780adeefd042482f624f5e0d577bf9cdcbb760 url
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a4780adeefd042482f624f5e0d577bf9cdcbb760 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92219 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9870 advisory
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html url