Kernel Memory Access Vulnerability in Qualcomm Android Devices

CVE-2017-9724 · HIGH Severity

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

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, user-level permissions can be used to gain access to kernel memory, specifically the ION cache maintenance code is writing to a user supplied address.

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