CVE-2015-0572 Race condition in n/a

High 7.0 Published Updated

Attackers can cause denial of service via race conditions in the ADSPRPC driver ioctl calls, affecting Linux kernel users.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2015-0572?

CVE-2015-0572 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 10 Oct 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple race conditions in drivers/char/adsprpc.c and drivers/char/adsprpc_compat.c in the ADSPRPC driver 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 (zero-value write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a COMPAT_FASTRPC_IOCTL_INVOKE_FD ioctl call.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0572?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0572?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-0572 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-0572 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0572 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rfg2-mh29-8w8c.

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