CVE-2019-10629
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 · uneditedu'User Process can potentially corrupt kernel virtual page by passing a crafted page in API' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in Bitra, IPQ6018, IPQ8074, MDM9205, Nicobar, QCA8081, QCN7605, QCS404, QCS405, QCS605, QCS610, Rennell, SA415M, SA6155P, Saipan, SC7180, SC8180X, SDA845, SDM670, SDM710, SDM845, SDM850, SDX20, SDX24, SDX55, SM6150, SM7150, SM8150, SM8250, SXR1130, SXR2130
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 · high confidenceA user-space process can corrupt kernel virtual memory pages by passing a crafted (maliciously constructed) memory page to a kernel API. This constitutes a local privilege escalation vulnerability allowing an unprivileged process to potentially gain kernel-level code execution or corrupt kernel memory.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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 versionsall versionsall versionsall versionsall versionsall versionsall versionsall 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
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 chipset modelCheck the device's SoC or chipset information via /proc/cpuinfo, boot logs, or vendor documentationAffected if The chipset matches one of the affected models: Bitra, Ipq6018, Ipq8074, Mdm9205, Nicobar, Qca8081, Qcn7605, or Qcs404
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Locate firmware versionRetrieve the firmware version from the device's system information, bootloader, or /proc/versionAffected if The firmware version is present and corresponds to a Qualcomm chipset in the affected list
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Determine kernel API exposureIdentify if the kernel interface for memory page handling is accessible to user-space processes - check for specific ioctl calls or memory mapping interfaces exposed by kernel modulesAffected if Unprivileged user-space processes can access the kernel API that handles memory page passing
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Check for privilege boundariesVerify whether the device permits unprivileged shell access or allows running custom executables from non-privileged accountsAffected if Untrusted or unprivileged users have shell or execution access to the device
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Review system logs for indicatorsExamine kernel logs (dmesg, /var/log/kern.log) and system audit logs for signs of memory corruption, kernel panics, or privilege escalation attemptsAffected if Logs show unexpected kernel memory corruption or privilege escalation activity related to memory page handling
If the device uses an affected Qualcomm chipset (Bitra, Ipq6018, Ipq8074, Mdm9205, Nicobar, Qca8081, Qcn7605, or Qcs404) and exposes kernel memory APIs to unprivileged users, the environment is likely vulnerable to local privilege escalation via this CVE.
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 vendor-supplied firmware/security updates from Qualcomm for affected Snapdragon chipset devices. Until patches are available, limit device access to trusted users and monitor for indicators of local privilege escalation attempts.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2019-10629 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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