High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Aug 2, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-7891
CVE-2015-7891
Description
Race condition in the ioctl implementation in the Samsung Graphics 2D driver (aka /dev/fimg2d) in Samsung devices with Android L(5.0/5.1) allows local users to trigger memory errors by leveraging definition of g2d_lock and g2d_unlock lock macros as no-ops, aka SVE-2015-4598.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: L(5.0/5.1)
- Range: L(5.0/5.1)
- Range: L(5.0/5.1)
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- packetstormsecurity.com/files/134107/Samsung-Fimg2d-FIMG2D_BITBLT_BLIT-Ioctl-Concurrency-Flaw.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38557/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/77335nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detailnvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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