CVE-2015-7891
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Published: August 2, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:33 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSamsung Mobile
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
Description
Race condition in the ioctl implementation in the Samsung Graphics 2D driver (aka /dev/fimg2d) in Samsung devices with Android L(5.0/5.1) allows local users to trigger memory errors by leveraging definition of g2d_lock and g2d_unlock lock macros as no-ops, aka SVE-2015-4598.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134107/Samsung-Fimg2d-FIMG2D_BITBLT_BLIT-Ioctl-Concurrency-Flaw.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-OCT-2015VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77335x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=492Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38557/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362
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