Bug 1819437 (CVE-2019-9446) - CVE-2019-9446 kernel: out of bounds write due to improper input validation in FingerTipS touchscreen driver leads to local privilege escalation
Summary: CVE-2019-9446 kernel: out of bounds write due to improper input validation in...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2019-9446
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1819439
Blocks: 1750356 1819438
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-03-31 20:13 UTC by msiddiqu
Modified: 2020-05-07 18:51 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2020-04-19 14:32:53 UTC
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Description msiddiqu 2020-03-31 20:13:49 UTC 
A vulnerability was found in the FingerTipS touchscreen driver in Kernel where there is a possible out of bounds write due to improper input validation. This could lead to a local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

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https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2019-09-01
Comment 1 msiddiqu 2020-03-31 20:16:49 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1819439]
Comment 2 Justin M. Forbes 2020-04-01 15:39:08 UTC 
This is an android driver which is no in the upstream linux kernel.
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