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CVE-2014-9888

N/A
Published: August 6, 2016 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel· also runs on 2 platforms

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13 on ARM platforms, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not prevent executable DMA mappings, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28803642 and Qualcomm internal bug CR642735.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel· Linux
95%
v ≤ 3.12.9
google-nexus-5 (environment) · google-nexus-7 (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (5)

x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ea1ec713f04bdfac343c9702b21cd3a7c711826
x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92219
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0ea1ec713f04bdfac343c9702b21cd3a7c711826
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=f044936caab337a4384fbfe64a4cbae33c7e22a1

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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