PT-2018-10846 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2018-09-18 · Updated 2018-11-09 · CVE-2018-11842

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue occurs during WLAN association in the Linux kernel used by Android releases. When memory allocation fails, the driver attempts to free memory that was not allocated.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-11842

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 4

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-09-01#qualcomm-components · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11842 · Security Note
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=5eea70b9d5852e468467c1565927dbe0c76d8674 · Patch
• https://codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin · Patch