High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Apr 12, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2016-5856

Description

Drivers/soc/qcom/spcom.c in the Qualcomm SPCom driver in the Android kernel 2017-03-05 allows local users to gain privileges, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5857.

Affected products

Google/Android
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=6.0.1
Linux/Kernel
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.4/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01nvdVendor Advisory

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