Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Goodix gt915 Touchscreen Driver for Linux Kernel 3.x

CVE-2013-4740 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

goodix_tool.c in the Goodix gt915 touchscreen driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, relies on user-space length values for kernel-memory copies of procfs file content, which allows attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via an application that provides crafted values.

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