CVE-2015-0571 | BDVDB-2026-75691 Detail

Description#

The WLAN (aka Wi-Fi) driver for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, does not verify authorization for private SET IOCTL calls, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, related to wlan_hdd_hostapd.c and wlan_hdd_wext.c.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77691
https://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/multiple-issues-wlan-driver-allow-local-privilege-escalation-cve-2015

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12016-05-09Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.