Denial of Service Vulnerability in msm_bus_dbg_update_request_write Function

CVE-2017-6899 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The msm_bus_dbg_update_request_write function in drivers/platform/msm/msm_bus/msm_bus_dbg.c in android_kernel_huawei_msm8916 through 2017-06-16 in LineageOS, and possibly other kernels for MSM devices, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and device crash) via a crafted /sys/kernel/debug/msm-bus-dbg/client-data/update-request write request.

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