CVE-2016-2063: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the supply_lm_input_write function in drivers/thermal/supply_lm_core.c in the MSM Thermal driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that sends a large amount of data through the debugfs interface.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 3.0, up to and including 3.19.8

Published 2016-08-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.