High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 9, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-0571
CVE-2015-0571
Description
The WLAN (aka Wi-Fi) driver for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, does not verify authorization for private SET IOCTL calls, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, related to wlan_hdd_hostapd.c and wlan_hdd_wext.c.
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References
3- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/77691nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/multiple-issues-wlan-driver-allow-local-privilege-escalation-cve-2015nvdBroken Link
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