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CVE-2015-8950
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-10-10T10:59:01.260 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:35:32.950

Summary

arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.3, as used in the ION subsystem in Android and other products, does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by triggering a dma_mmap call.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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