Kernel address leak in smp2p_debug (CVE-2016-6750)

Release Date:

November 30, 2016

Affected Projects:

Android for MSM Firefox OS for MSM QRD Android

Advisory ID:

QCIR-2016-00062-1

CVE ID(s):

CVE-2016-6750

Summary:

The following security vulnerabilities have been identified: CVE-2016-6750 Kernel addresses might leak if continuously reading int_stats from smp2p debugfs.

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-2016-6750: https://www.codeaurora.org/gitweb/quic/la/?p=kernel/msm-3.18.git;a=commit;h=34bda711a1c7bc7f9fd7bea3a5be439ed00577e5

Acknowledgement:

This issue was reported to Google by an external security researcher. Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. (QuIC) thanks Google for bringing this issue to QuIC's attention.

Revisions:

Initial

Contact:

security-advisory@quicinc.com