CVE-2017-6275
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAn information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Thermal Driver, where a missing bounds checking in the thermal driver could allow a read from an arbitrary kernel address. This issue is rated as moderate. Product: Pixel. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-34702397. References: N-CVE-2017-6275.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA missing bounds check in the Android kernel thermal driver allows an attacker to read from arbitrary kernel memory addresses, potentially exposing sensitive kernel data. The vulnerability exists in the thermal subsystem of the Linux kernel used in Google Pixel devices.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify device modelCheck if the device is a Google Pixel or other Android device using the affected Linux kernel thermal subsystem. Review device model and manufacturer information.Affected if The device is a Google Pixel or uses the same kernel thermal driver code where the bounds check is missing.
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Check Android security patch levelGo to Settings > About Phone > Security Patch Level (or equivalent) to view the installed Android security update date.Affected if The security patch level is earlier than the fix for A-34702397, meaning the bounds check has not been added to the thermal driver.
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Verify thermal driver presenceCheck if the kernel thermal driver module or code is present on the system. On a rooted device or through /proc/config.gz (if available), examine kernel configuration for CONFIG_THERMAL and related thermal subsystem options.Affected if The thermal driver (CONFIG_THERMAL) is enabled in the kernel, exposing the vulnerable code path.
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Check kernel versionRun 'uname -a' or check /proc/version to identify the kernel version running on the device.Affected if The kernel version corresponds to an unpatched build that lacks the bounds checking fix in the thermal subsystem.
A user is affected if their Google Pixel or Android device runs an unpatched kernel where the thermal driver lacks proper bounds checking, allowing arbitrary kernel memory reads.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply Android security patches that include the fix for A-34702397. The fix requires adding proper bounds checking to the thermal driver code in the kernel.
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