PT-2018-10910 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2018-11-27 · Updated 2018-12-21 · CVE-2018-11918

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 concerns memory allocation in the Linux kernel, used by Android releases, where memory is automatically released by the kernel if the probe function fails with an error code.

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

Double Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-415

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-11918

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 3

• https://codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/11/05/november-2018-code-aurora-forum-security-bulletin · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11918 · Security Note
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=5ca16318bf1a409e9e5c169dc5b7f0821e5323d7 · Patch