CVE-2014-9895
Description
drivers/media/media-device.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28750150 and Qualcomm internal bug CR570757, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1739.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.11.5-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.11.5-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.11.5-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.11.5-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.11.5-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c88e739b1fad662240e99ecbd0bdaac871717987
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92222
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c88e739b1fad662240e99ecbd0bdaac871717987
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=cc4b26575602e492efd986e9a6ffc4278cee53b5
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9895
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.