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CVE-2015-6640

Description

The prctl_set_vma_anon_name function in kernel/sys.c in Android before 5.1.1 LMY49F and 6.0 before 2016-01-01 does not ensure that only one vma is accessed in a certain update action, which allows attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (vma list corruption) via a crafted application, aka internal bug 20017123.

POC

Reference

No PoCs from references.

Github

- https://github.com/CVEDB/awesome-cve-repo

- https://github.com/CVEDB/top

- https://github.com/betalphafai/CVE-2015-6640

- https://github.com/brianhigh/us-cert-bulletins