PT-2013-5947
CVE-2013-6122
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Published
2013-11-12
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Updated
2013-11-13
Description by
CVSS 2.0
6.9
MediumMetricsAV:L/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 Goodix gt915 touchscreen driver, where the
goodix tool.c file does not properly synchronize updates to a global variable. This allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions or cause a denial of service, resulting in memory corruption, via crafted arguments to the procfs write handler.Recommendations
For Linux kernel version 3.x, consider applying a patch that properly synchronizes updates to the global variable in the
goodix tool.c file to prevent local users from bypassing access restrictions or causing a denial of service.Exploitability
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