CVE-2016-5340: Google Android

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The is_ashmem_file function in drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c in a certain Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android patch for the Linux kernel 3.x mishandles pointer validation within the KGSL Linux Graphics Module, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using the /ashmem string as the dentry name.

Affected products

• Google Android: up to and including 7.0
• Linux Linux Kernel: from 3.0, up to and including 3.19.8

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