VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-8257

CVSS score7.8 HIGH

EPSS probability0.28%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2017-08-18

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, when accessing the sde_rotator debug interface for register reading with multiple processes, one process can free the debug buffer while another process still has the debug buffer in use.

Weakness classification

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Primary references

product-security@qualcomm.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
product-security@qualcomm.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory