High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 7, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-2063
CVE-2016-2063
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the supply_lm_input_write function in drivers/thermal/supply_lm_core.c in the MSM Thermal driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that sends a large amount of data through the debugfs interface.
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References
3- us.codeaurora.org/cgit/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92381nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.codeaurora.org/stack-overflow-msm-thermal-driver-allows-kernel-memory-corruption-cve-2016-2063nvdBroken Link
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