PT-2022-10774
CVE-2021-38785
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Published
2022-01-18
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Updated
2022-01-26
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.8
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Allwinner R818 SoC Android Q SDK V1.0
Description
The issue is related to a NULL pointer deference in the camera driver /dev/cedar dev. This could be exploited using the ioctl cmd IOCTL GET IOMMU ADDR to cause a system crash.
Recommendations
For Allwinner R818 SoC Android Q SDK V1.0, consider disabling the ioctl cmd IOCTL GET IOMMU ADDR as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the /dev/cedar dev camera driver to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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