CVE-2016-5870 Information

Description

The msm_ipc_router_close function in net/ipc_router/ipc_router_socket.c in the ipc_router component for the Linux kernel 3.x as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products allow attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering failure of an accept system call for an AF_MSM_IPC socket.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97414 https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=71fe5361cbef34e2d606b79e8936a910a3e95566 https://www.codeaurora.org/null-pointer-dereference-when-processing-accept-system-call-user-process-afmsmipc-sockets-cve-2016

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8