CVE-2015-0572

Name: CVE-2015-0572
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2016-10-10T10:59:00.167+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

HIGHCVSS 7/10EPSS 0.29%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-0572 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7/10 on the CVSS scale. Multiple race conditions in drivers/char/adsprpc.c and drivers/char/adsprpc_compat.c in the ADSPRPC driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allow attackers to cause a denial of service (zero-value write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a COMPAT_FASTRPC_IOCTL_INVOKE_FD ioctl call.. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

Multiple race conditions in drivers/char/adsprpc.c and drivers/char/adsprpc_compat.c in the ADSPRPC driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allow attackers to cause a denial of service (zero-value write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a COMPAT_FASTRPC_IOCTL_INVOKE_FD ioctl call.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

7/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Probability

0.29%

20.3th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Linux	Linux Kernel	>= 3.0, <= 3.19.8

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93312Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=34ad3d34fbff11b8e1210b9da0dac937fb956b61Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=8fb32c3a8147b82e2bb159b3f70d803c9e68899bMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.codeaurora.org/race-condition-leading-arbitrary-null-write-adsp-using-ioctl-compatfastrpcioctlinvokefd-cve-2015Broken Link
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93312Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=34ad3d34fbff11b8e1210b9da0dac937fb956b61Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=8fb32c3a8147b82e2bb159b3f70d803c9e68899bMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.codeaurora.org/race-condition-leading-arbitrary-null-write-adsp-using-ioctl-compatfastrpcioctlinvokefd-cve-2015Broken Link

Timeline

Published: Oct 10, 2016
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2015-0572?

How severe is CVE-2015-0572?

CVE-2015-0572 has a CVSS score of 7/10 (HIGH severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.29% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0572?

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Source: NVD / NIST