High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 27, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-10225

Description

The sunxi-debug driver in Allwinner 3.4 legacy kernel for H3, A83T and H8 devices allows local users to gain root privileges by sending "rootmydevice" to /proc/sunxi_debug/sunxi_debug.

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Affected products

Allwinner/Linux 3.4 Sunxi
cpe:2.3:o:allwinner:linux-3.4-sunxi:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Allwinner/H3, A83T and H8 devicesllm-create
Range: 3.4 legacy kernel
Allwinner/sunxi-debug driverllm-fuzzy
Range: legacy kernel for H3, A83T and H8 devices

Patches

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References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/16nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/local/allwinner_backdoornvdExploitThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/9nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93442nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
forum.armbian.com/index.phpnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
irclog.whitequark.org/linux-sunxi/2016-04-29nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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