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CVE-2017-13221

Published: 12 January 2018

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Upstream kernel wifi driver. Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID: A-64709938.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
says "upstream kernel", no details on what the issue is
sbeattie
in drivers/net/wireless/bcmdhd/wl_android.c; code is not
present in upstream, or in krillin or vegetahd kernels.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
trusty Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
linux-armadaxp
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Does not exist

This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-aws
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
linux-azure
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1)
upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
linux-euclid
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
linux-flo
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Ignored
(abandoned)
linux-gcp
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
linux-gke
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
linux-goldfish
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
linux-grouper
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
linux-hwe-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
linux-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
linux-linaro-omap
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Does not exist

linux-linaro-shared
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Does not exist

linux-linaro-vexpress
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Does not exist

linux-lts-quantal
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Does not exist

This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-lts-raring
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Does not exist

linux-lts-saucy
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Does not exist

This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-lts-trusty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Does not exist

linux-lts-utopic
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [end of standard support])
upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Does not exist

linux-lts-vivid
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Does not exist

linux-lts-wily
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [end of standard support])
upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Does not exist

linux-lts-xenial
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Does not exist

linux-maguro
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Does not exist

linux-mako
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Ignored
(abandoned)
linux-manta
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
linux-qcm-msm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Does not exist

linux-raspi2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
linux-snapdragon
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
linux-ti-omap4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(Android kernels only)
xenial Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

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