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CVE-2015-8944
Published: Aug 6, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
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References
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
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[kernel-hardening] 20160406 Re: [PATCH] KERNEL: resource: Fix bug on leakage in /proc/iomem file
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