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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8806 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: google_android

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:36:30.390Z

Reserved: 2016-08-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-8950

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-10-10T10:59:01.260

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-8950

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-01-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8950 - Bugzilla

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