PT-2018-16070 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2018-09-19 · Updated 2018-11-08 · CVE-2018-3574

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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

Description The issue allows userspace to request ION cache maintenance on a secure ION buffer for which the ION FLAG SECURE ion flag is not set, causing the kernel to attempt to perform cache maintenance on memory which does not belong to HLOS. 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.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-3574

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 9

• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.9/commit/?id=53261410da625aaa2e070555aaa150a8533e5be4 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-3574 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-3574 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3574 · Security Note
• https://codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3574 · Security Note
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=3286b75d91519073d2f20bee85f22e294d5f1a18 · Patch
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=09874396dfbf546e5a628d810fcf5ea51a4d5785 · Patch
• https://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?language=en_US&articleNumber=000049462 · Note