Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: out-of-bounds memory reading via wcd9335_codec_enable_dec
June 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
– Impacted products: Fedora, Linux.
– Severity: 1/4.
– Consequences: data reading, denial of service on server, denial of
service on service.
– Provenance: user shell.
– Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
– Creation date: 03/06/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force a read at an invalid address via
wcd9335_codec_enable_dec() of the Linux kernel, in order to
trigger a denial of service, or to obtain sensitive information.
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