CVE-2014-9870

Description

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.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.07%
Vendor Advisory android.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html vendor advisory
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=4f57652fcd2dce7741f1ac6dc0417e2f265cd1de patch issue tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92219 vdb entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a4780adeefd042482f624f5e0d577bf9cdcbb760 patch issue tracking
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a4780adeefd042482f624f5e0d577bf9cdcbb760 patch issue tracking

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-9870?
CVE-2014-9870 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-9870?
To fix CVE-2014-9870, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-9870 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-9870 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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