CVE-2015-8950 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8950?

CVE-2015-8950 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 10 Oct 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8950?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8950?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-8950 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8950 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

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• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8950, GHSA-2hcm-qr2j-ggcj, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8950.