Google Android kernel performance subsystem elevation of privilege vulnerability

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system jointly developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA, of which the Kernel Performance Subsystem is a kernel performance component. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the kernel performance subsystem in Android. The...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3843

Android before 2016-08-05 does not properly restrict code execution in a kernel context, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by the kernel performance subsystem and the Qualcomm performance component, aka Android internal bugs 28086229 and 29119870...