The sockets subsystem in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that uses (1) the AF_MSM_IPC socket class or (2) another socket class that is unrecognized by SELinux, aka internal bug 28612709.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Android | 5.0 (including) | 5.0 (including) | |
| Android | 5.0.1 (including) | 5.0.1 (including) | |
| Android | 5.1 (including) | 5.1 (including) | |
| Android | 5.1.0 (including) | 5.1.0 (including) | |
| Android | 6.0 (including) | 6.0 (including) | |
| Android | 6.0.1 (including) | 6.0.1 (including) |
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/sepolicy/+/abf0663ed884af7bc880a05e9529e6671eb58f39
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/sepolicy/+/abf0663ed884af7bc880a05e9529e6671eb58f39