CVE-2016-0823 (GCVE-0-2016-0823)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-03-12 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 22:30
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Summary
The pagemap_open function in fs/proc/task_mmu.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.3, as used in Android 6.0.1 before 2016-03-01, allows local users to obtain sensitive physical-address information by reading a pagemap file, aka Android internal bug 25739721.
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CWE
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Date Public
2015-03-26 00:00
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