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CVE-2011-1823 Detail

Description

The vold volume manager daemon on Android 3.0 and 2.x before 2.3.4 trusts messages that are received from a PF_NETLINK socket, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code and gain root privileges via a negative index that bypasses a maximum-only signed integer check in the DirectVolume::handlePartitionAdded method, which triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated by Gingerbreak.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/system/core.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b620a0b1c7ae486e979826200e8e441605b0a5d6 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/system/netd.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79b579c92afc08ab12c0a5788d61f2dd2934836f CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/system/vold.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c51920c82463b240e2be0430849837d6fdc5352e CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://androidcommunity.com/gingerbreak-root-for-gingerbread-app-20110421/ CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://c-skills.blogspot.com/2011/04/yummy-yummy-gingerbreak.html CVE, MITRE Exploit  Issue Tracking 
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Issue Tracking 
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/05/03/google-patches-gingerbreak-exploit-but-dont-worry-we-still-have-root-for-now/ CVE, MITRE Press/Media Coverage 
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/android-vold-mpartminors-signedness-issue/ CVE, MITRE Exploit 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67977 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2011-1823 CISA-ADP US Government Resource 

This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name Date Added Due Date Required Action
Android OS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 09/08/2022 09/29/2022 Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound cwe source acceptance level NIST   CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-1823
NVD Published Date:
06/09/2011
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
MITRE