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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Linux Kernel 3.x (Operating System). This vulnerability affects the function msm_ipc_router_close of the file net/ipc_router/ipc_router_socket.c of the component Qualcomm Innovation Center. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

The msm_ipc_router_close function in net/ipc_router/ipc_router_socket.c in the ipc_router component for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allow attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering failure of an accept system call for an AF_MSM_IPC socket.

The bug was discovered 11/30/2016. The weakness was presented 04/04/2017 with Google (Website). The advisory is available at source.codeaurora.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-5870 since 06/28/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 125 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 3.x

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Patch: source.codeaurora.org

Timelineinfo

06/28/2016 🔍
11/30/2016 +155 days 🔍
04/04/2017 +125 days 🔍
04/04/2017 +0 days 🔍
04/04/2017 +0 days 🔍
04/05/2017 +1 days 🔍
11/27/2022 +2062 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kernel.org

Advisory: source.codeaurora.org
Organization: Google
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2016-5870 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 97414 - Linux Kernel CVE-2016-5870 Null Pointer Dereference Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-5870 - Linux - Denial of Service Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 04/05/2017 08:44
Updated: 11/27/2022 08:17
Changes: 04/05/2017 08:44 (62), 08/25/2020 17:35 (6), 11/27/2022 08:17 (3)
Complete: 🔍

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