Google Releases Supplemental Patch for Dirty Cow Vulnerability

Google’s November Android Security Bulletin, released Monday, patched 15 critical vulnerabilities and addressed 85 CVEs overall. But conspicuously absent is a fix for the Linux race condition vulnerability known as Dirty Cow Copy-on-Write that also impacts Android. While Google didn’t issue an...

Security Advisory - Two Information Leak Vulnerabilities in ION Memory Management Module of Huawei Smart Phone

Two information leak vulnerabilities exist in the ION memory management module of some Huawei mobile phones due to the lack of initialization during memory allocation. Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2016-09032 and HWPSIRT-2016-09033 These two vulnerabilities have been assigned CVE ID: CVE-2016-8757 an...

Security Advisory - DOS Vulnerability in ION Memory Management Module of Huawei Smart Phone

A denial of service DoS vulnerability exists in the ION memory management module of some Huawei mobile phones. An attacker may trick a user into installing a malicious app to send specific parameters to a Huawei mobile phone. Successful exploit could cause the system to restart.Vulnerability ID:...

Android Linux kernel information disclosure vulnerability (CNVD-2016-09459)

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system developed by Google and the Open Handheld Alliance OHA, and the Linux kernel is one of the kernels used by Linux. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c file in versions of Linux kernel prior to 4.0.3...

CVE-2015-8950

arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.3, as used in the ION subsystem in Android and other products, does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by triggering a dmammap call...

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8950

arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.3, as used in the ION subsystem in Android and other products, does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by triggering a dmammap call...

CVE-2015-8950

arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.3, as used in the ION subsystem in Android and other products, does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by triggering a dmammap call...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8950

arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.3, as used in the ION subsystem in Android and other products, does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by triggering a dmammap call...

CVE-2015-8950

arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.3, as used in the ION subsystem in Android and other products, does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by triggering a dmammap call...

Unspecified Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in Schneider Electric ION Power Meter

The Schneider Electric ION Power Meter is an electrical power meter. A cross-site request forgery vulnerability exists in the Schneider Electric ION Power Meter. The program fails to properly validate HTTP requests, allowing remote attackers to exploit the vulnerability to perform certain...

The vulnerability of the Android operating system, which allows a hacker to increase their privileges

The vulnerability of the ION driver for the Android operating system is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor, operating locally, to enhance their privileges through a specially created application...

CVE-2016-3849

The ION driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Pixel C devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28939740...

CVE-2016-3849

The ION driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Pixel C devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28939740...

Code injection

The ION driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Pixel C devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28939740...

CVE-2016-3849

CVE-2016-3849: Privilege escalation via the ION driver on Pixel C; affected Android ION functionality vulnerable to crafted apps before 2016-08-05. Root cause: kernel/ION interaction allows local code execution with high impact. Patch status: patch not publicly available; fix delivered via latest...

CVE-2016-3849

The ION driver in Android before 2016-08-05 on Pixel C devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28939740...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9779

arch/arm/mach-msm/qdsp6v2/msmaudioion.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5 devices allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted offset, aka Android internal bug 28598347 and Qualcomm internal bug CR548679...

PT-2016-2920 · Linux +1 · Linux Kernel +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 4.6 Description: The issue is related to a race condition in the ion ioctl function, which can be exploited by calling ION IOC FREE on two CPUs simultaneously, potentially allowing local users to gain privileges...

Security Advisory - DoS Vulnerabilities in Driver of Huawei Smart Phones

There is a Denial of Service DoS vulnerability in ION driver and Maximsmartpadev driver in some Huawei smart phones respectively. An attacker may trick a user into installing a malicious application and the application can access invalid address of driver to crash the system. Vulnerability ID:...

Researchers to Develop Long-Lasting Solid-State Batteries

Whenever you go to Buy any Electronic Gadget — Phone, Tablet, Laptop, Watch — the most important specification isn’t its processor speed or its camera quality. It’s how long the device’s battery backup is. Imagine easy access to such batteries that provide more battery power after charging it onc...