CVE-2025-36935 (GCVE-0-2025-36935)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-11 19:35 – Updated: 2026-02-26 16:07
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Summary
In trusty_ffa_mem_reclaim of shared-mem-smcall.c, there is a possible memory corruption due to uninitialized data. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Elevation of privilege
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Google Android Affected: Android kernel
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