VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-0823
The pagemap_open function in fs/proc/task_mmu.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.3, as used in Android 6.0.1 before 2016-03-01, allows local users to obtain sensitive physical-address information by reading a pagemap file, aka Android internal bug…
MEDIUM 4.0EPSS 0.30%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The pagemap_open function in fs/proc/task_mmu.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.3, as used in Android 6.0.1 before 2016-03-01, allows local users to obtain sensitive physical-address information by reading a pagemap file, aka Android internal bug 25739721.
- CVSS 3.0
- 4.0 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.30% probability · 23th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- google/android · linux/linux kernel
- Source
- security@android.com
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ab676b7d6fbf4b294bf198fb27ade5b0e865c7ce
- http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/03/exploiting-dram-rowhammer-bug-to-gain.html
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-03-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84265
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ab676b7d6fbf4b294bf198fb27ade5b0e865c7ce
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ab676b7d6fbf4b294bf198fb27ade5b0e865c7ce
- http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/03/exploiting-dram-rowhammer-bug-to-gain.html
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-03-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84265
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ab676b7d6fbf4b294bf198fb27ade5b0e865c7ce
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.