The kbase_dispatch function in arm/t7xx/r5p0/mali_kbase_core_linux.c in the GPU driver on Samsung devices with M(6.0) and N(7.0) software and Exynos AP chipsets allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, which trigger an out-of-bounds read, aka SVE-2016-6362.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5538
• http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-JAN-2017
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/19/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/20/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95674