PT-2016-4991 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2015-06-03 · Updated 2020-08-03 · CVE-2016-2059

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions 3.x

Description The issue is related to the msm ipc router bind control port function in the IPC router kernel module, which does not properly verify if a port is a client port. This allows attackers to potentially gain privileges or cause a denial of service by exploiting a race condition and list corruption through multiple BIND CONTROL PORT ioctl calls.

Recommendations For Linux kernel version 3.x, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1485

ALT-PU-2015-1849

CVE-2016-2059

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2059 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2059 · Security Note
• https://us.codeaurora.org/cgit/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=9e8bdd63f7011dff5523ea435433834b3702398d · Patch
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html · Patch
• https://codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/linux-ipc-router-binding-any-port-control-port-cve-2016-2059 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035765 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/90230 · Note