PT-2018-10894 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2018-09-19 · Updated 2018-11-09 · CVE-2018-11898

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 in the Linux kernel when processing a start BSS request from the upper layer. An out of bounds read happens if the SSID length is greater than the maximum allowed. 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.

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-11898

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 4

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-09-01#qualcomm-components · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=dc657f502adb3038784b7488d2f183ed31b6aac3 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11898 · Security Note
• https://codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin · Patch