The vulnerability of the qcom_cpufreq_probe() function in the drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-nvmem.c file of the Linux kernel’s CPU frequency scaling driver allows a attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of the protected information.

The vulnerability of the qcomcpufreqprobe function in the drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-nvmem.c file, a driver for scaling CPU frequency in the Linux operating system, is related to the copying of buffers without checking their size—a classic buffer overflow attack. Exploiting this vulnerability...