CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-7891

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A race condition exists in the ioctl implementation in the Samsung Graphics 2D driver, allowing local users to trigger memory errors.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to unexpected memory errors, potentially affecting system stability and user data security.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update devices to the latest version of Android to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Race condition in the ioctl implementation in the Samsung Graphics 2D driver (aka /dev/fimg2d) in Samsung devices with Android L(5.0/5.1) allows local users to trigger memory errors by leveraging definition of g2d_lock and g2d_unlock lock macros as no-ops, aka SVE-2015-4598.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS