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TI-2015-06560 Aliases CVE-2015-7891GHSA-59gr-vjcr-m2p7

Race condition in the ioctl implementation in the Samsung Graphics 2D driver (aka…

Priority LOW 32CWE-362Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Race condition in the ioctl implementation in the Samsung Graphics 2D driver (aka /dev/fimg2d) in Samsung devices with Android L(5.0/5.1) allows local users to trigger memory errors by leveraging definition of g2d_lock and g2d_unlock lock macros as no-ops, aka SVE-2015-4598.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00667 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableSamsung
cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1VulnerableSamsung
  • cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Samsung
  • cpe:2.3:o:samsung:samsung_mobile:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1 Vulnerable ·Samsung

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-7891
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-59gr-vjcr-m2p7

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 2

  • TI-2018-06644 On Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) and N(7.x) software, a heap overflow in the… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-06640 On Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x) software, a buffer overflow in the vision service… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-03553 The kbase_dispatch function in arm/t7xx/r5p0/mali_kbase_core_linux.c in the GPU driver on… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-08073 Lack of appropriate exception handling in some receivers of the Telecom application on… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-08072 Lack of appropriate exception handling in some receivers of the Telecom application on… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-08071 Lack of appropriate exception handling in some receivers of the Telecom application on… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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