PT-2018-10887 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2018-09-19 · Updated 2019-04-18 · CVE-2018-11889

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 when requesting RSSI timeout in the Linux kernel used by Android releases, potentially leading to access of invalid memory. This happens because the local variable 'context' stack data of the wlan function is freed.

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-2018-11889

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 4

• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=4e9edcdbb8d7087dd2c7cc250813426c9c27c4d2 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11889 · Security Note
• https://codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/107770 · Note