CVE-2017-6264 vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities for packages: linux-qemu, linux-qemu-melange, linux-vmware...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the NVIDIA GPU driver gm20bclkthrotsetcdevstate, where an out of bound memory read is used as a function pointer could lead to code execution in the kernel.This issue is rated as high because it could allow a local malicious application to execute...

CVE-2017-6264

CVE-2017-6264 is an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver used on Android, specifically within the gm20b_clk_throt_set_cdev_state path. An out-of-bounds memory read can be used as a function pointer, potentially allowing a local attacker to execute arbitrary code in kernel...