High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Apr 12, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-5856
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.
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Affected products
5- osv-coords2 versionspkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-flo@3.4.0-5.23?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenialpkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-mako@3.4.0-7.44?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial
>= 0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
Patches
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References
3- 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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