PT-2018-10890 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2018-09-19 · Updated 2018-11-09 · CVE-2018-11893

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue occurs when processing a vendor scan request in the Linux kernel used by Android releases. If the length of request IEs is greater than the maximum allowed, it can lead to a buffer overflow.

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-2018-11893

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 3

• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=9564f777e20bab7dc29dbbb22d353cd1348b1ec2 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11893 · Security Note
• https://codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin · Patch