Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Linux kernel - CVE-2016-5856
Published: April 13, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39205
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5856
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Drivers/soc/qcom/spcom.c in the Qualcomm SPCom driver in the Android kernel 2017-03-05 allows local users to gain privileges, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5857.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-5856
Install update from vendor's website.