An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with KK(4.4), L(5.0/5.1), and M(6.0) (AP + CP MDM9x35, or Qualcomm Onechip) software. There is a NULL pointer dereference issue in the IPC socket code. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-5980 (July 2016).
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Android | 4.4 (including) | 4.4 (including) | |
| Android | 5.0 (including) | 5.0 (including) | |
| Android | 5.1 (including) | 5.1 (including) | |
| Android | 6.0 (including) | 6.0 (including) |