PT-2018-10886 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2018-09-19 · Updated 2018-11-09 · CVE-2018-11886

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 is caused by a lack of check while calculating the MPDU data length, resulting in an integer overflow and subsequently a buffer overflow in the WLAN function. This affects all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel.

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

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-11886

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11886 · Security Note
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=cc0e6489d67d3fc7b196cf6806a7a5edcff33a88 · Patch
• https://codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin · Patch