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ID:3898 - Exploit for Race condition in Samsung Mobile - CVE-2015-7891
ID:3898 - Exploit for Race condition in Samsung Mobile - CVE-2015-7891
Published: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38609
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7891
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Vulnerable software:
Samsung Mobile
Samsung Mobile
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
Race condition in the ioctl implementation in the Samsung Graphics 2D driver (aka /dev/fimg2d) in Samsung devices with Android L(5.0/5.1) allows local users to trigger memory errors by leveraging definition of g2d_lock and g2d_unlock lock macros as no-ops, aka SVE-2015-4598.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.