CVE-2016-3857

Published: 5 August 2016

The kernel in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 7 (2013) devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28522518.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Chiachih Wu, Yuan-Tsung Lo, and Xuxian Jiang discovered that the legacy ABI for ARM (OABI) had incomplete access checks for epoll_wait(2) and semtimedop(2). A local attacker could use this to possibly execute arbitrary code.

Notes

Author	Note
jdstrand	android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.10 and earlier preview kernels linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support

Author

Note

jdstrand

android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are
not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.10 and earlier preview kernels
linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support
linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
linux Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Released (3.2.0-110.151)
	trusty	Not vulnerable (CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT not enabled)
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT not enabled)
	yakkety	Not vulnerable (CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT not enabled)
	zesty	Not vulnerable (CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT not enabled)
	Patches: Introduced by 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 Fixed by 7de249964f5578e67b99699c5f0b405738d820a2
linux-armadaxp Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Released (3.2.0-1673.99)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
	This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-aws Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Not vulnerable (4.4.0-1002.2)
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (4.4.0-1001.10)
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-flo Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Ignored (abandoned)
	yakkety	Ignored (end of life)
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-gke Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (4.4.0-1003.3)
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-goldfish Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Ignored (abandoned)
	yakkety	Ignored (end of life)
	zesty	Ignored (end of life)
linux-grouper Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-hwe Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1)
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-hwe-edge Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1)
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-linaro-omap Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-linaro-shared Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-linaro-vexpress Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-quantal Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
	This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-lts-raring Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-saucy Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
	This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-lts-trusty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Not vulnerable (CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT not enabled)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-utopic Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was not-affected [CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT not enabled])
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-vivid Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was not-affected [CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT not enabled])
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-wily Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was not-affected [CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT not enabled])
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-xenial Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Not vulnerable (CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT not enabled)
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-maguro Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-mako Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Ignored (abandoned)
	yakkety	Ignored (end of life)
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-manta Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-qcm-msm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-raspi2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT not enabled)
	yakkety	Not vulnerable (CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT not enabled)
	zesty	Not vulnerable (CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT not enabled)
linux-snapdragon Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT not enabled)
	yakkety	Not vulnerable (CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT not enabled)
	zesty	Not vulnerable (CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT not enabled)
linux-ti-omap4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Released (3.2.0-1488.115)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc2)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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