A vulnerability was found in Codeaurora Android-msm. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function genlock_dev_ioctl of the file genlock.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The genlock_dev_ioctl function in genlock.c in the Genlock driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted GENLOCK_IOC_EXPORT ioctl call.

The weakness was shared 11/29/2013 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at codeaurora.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-6392 since 11/04/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Codeaurora

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• Android-msm

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• 3.2.54
• 3.4.72
• 3.4.73
• 3.4.74
• 3.4.75
• 3.4.76
• 3.4.77
• 3.4.78
• 3.4.79
• 3.10.22
• 3.10.23
• 3.10.24
• 3.10.25
• 3.10.26
• 3.10.27
• 3.10.28
• 3.10.29
• 3.12.3
• 3.12.4
• 3.12.5
• 3.12.6
• 3.12.7
• 3.12.8
• 3.12.9
• 3.12.10
• 3.13
• 3.13.1
• 3.13.2
• 3.14

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