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CVE-2015-8944

N/A

Published: August 6, 2016 at 10:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:35 AM UTC

2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelAndroid

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.6%

Description

The ioresources_init function in kernel/resource.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 and 7 (2013) devices, uses weak permissions for /proc/iomem, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file, aka Android internal bug 28814213 and Qualcomm internal bug CR786116. NOTE: the permissions may be intentional in most non-Android contexts.

Affected

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

Android · Google

95%

v ≤ 6.0.1

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

v ≤ 4.7

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Source: [email protected]

http://www.openwall.com/lists/kernel-hardening/2016/04/06/22

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92222

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch

Source: [email protected]

https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=e758417e7c31b975c862aa55d0ceef28f3cc9104

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-200

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