Possible kernel information leak in QPNP Flash LED driver debugfs function (CVE-2016-10295)

Release Date:

May 1, 2017

Affected Projects:

Android for MSMFirefox OS for MSMQRD Android

Advisory ID:

QCIR-2017-00032-1

CVE ID(s):

CVE-2016-10295

Summary:

The following security vulnerabilities have been identified: CVE-2016-10295 There is a possible race condition when debugfs files are concurrently accessed by multiple threads and shared file pointer may lead to improper data retrieval and hence possible kernel data leak. Access Vector: Local Security Risk: Medium Vulnerability: CWE-200 Information Exposure Affected Versions: All Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel.

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-2016-10295:

• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=f11ae3df500bc2a093ddffee6ea40da859de0fa9

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 revision

Contact:

security-advisory@quicinc.com