Privilege Escalation via TPIDRURW Register Access in Linux Kernel on ARM Platforms

CVE-2014-9870 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The Linux kernel before 3.11 on ARM platforms, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not properly consider user-space access to the TPIDRURW register, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28749743 and Qualcomm internal bug CR561044.

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