PT-2016-4996 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2015-06-03 · Updated 2025-09-29 · CVE-2016-2067

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to the mishandling of the KGSL MEMFLAGS GPUREADONLY flag in the MSM graphics driver for the Linux kernel. This mishandling allows attackers to gain privileges by leveraging accidental read-write mappings.

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.

Exploit

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_16880

ALT-PU-2015-1485

ALT-PU-2015-1849

CVE-2016-2067

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

References · 9

• 🔥 https://github.com/hhj4ck/CVE-2016-2067 · Exploit
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2067 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2067 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2067 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la//kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=410cfa95f0a1cf58819cbfbd896f9aa45b004ac0 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2067 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2067 · Vendor Advisory
• https://codeaurora.org/privilege-escalation-vulnerability-graphics-driver-cve-2016-2067 · Note