VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-2059

HIGH 7.0EPSS 0.21%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The msm_ipc_router_bind_control_port function in net/ipc_router/ipc_router_core.c in the IPC router kernel module for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, does not verify that a port is a client port, which allows attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (race condition and list corruption) by making many BIND_CONTROL_PORT ioctl calls.

CVSS 3.1: 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.21% probability · 11th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-269
Affected: linux/linux kernel · google/android
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90230Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035765Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://us.codeaurora.org/cgit/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=9e8bdd63f7011dff5523ea435433834b3702398dMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/linux-ipc-router-binding-any-port-control-port-cve-2016-2059Broken Link
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90230Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035765Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://us.codeaurora.org/cgit/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=9e8bdd63f7011dff5523ea435433834b3702398dMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/linux-ipc-router-binding-any-port-control-port-cve-2016-2059Broken Link

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.