PT-2018-10896 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2018-09-19 · Updated 2019-04-18 · CVE-2018-11902

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 related to a lack of length validation check for a value received from firmware, which can lead to out-of-bounds (OOB) access in the WLAN HOST. This affects Android releases, including Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android, all of which use the Linux kernel.

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

Improper Validation of Array Index

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-129

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-11902

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11902 · Security Note
• https://codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin · Patch
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-3.0/commit/?id=e6298b787b3510c295dd0c9276194b3578f3cf09 · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/107770 · Note