Information Disclosure in SPMI Driver (CVE-2016-3892)

Release Date:

October 3, 2016

Affected Projects:

Android for MSMFirefox OS for MSMQRD Android

Advisory ID:

QCIR-2016-00038-1

CVE ID(s):

CVE-2016-3892

Summary:

The SPMI device names read from sysfs include the physical address of their container structure.

Access Vector: Local

Security Risk: Medium

Access Vector: Local

Affected Versions:

All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel.

Patch:

We advise customers to apply the following patches:

Individual Patches

• CVE-2016-3892: https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=dd40cc2bd210dd7a4dd649e8f79add2bbeda2bd5

Acknowledgement:

Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. (QuIC) thanks Google for bringing this issue to our attention. This issue was reported to Google through the Android Security Rewards program.

Revisions:

Initial

Contact: