CVE - CVE-2014-9870

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-9870	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The Linux kernel before 3.11 on ARM platforms, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not properly consider user-space access to the TPIDRURW register, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28749743 and Qualcomm internal bug CR561044.
References
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BID:92219 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92219 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a4780adeefd042482f624f5e0d577bf9cdcbb760 CONFIRM:http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a4780adeefd042482f624f5e0d577bf9cdcbb760 CONFIRM:https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=4f57652fcd2dce7741f1ac6dc0417e2f265cd1de
Assigning CNA
Android (associated with Google Inc. or Open Handset Alliance)
Date Record Created
20160624	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160624)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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