Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in MediaTek Linux Driver

CVE-2016-6492 · HIGH Severity

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

The MT6573FDVT_SetRegHW function in camera_fdvt.c in the MediaTek driver for Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes an MT6573FDVTIOC_T_SET_FDCONF_CMD IOCTL call.

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