PT-2018-17182 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2018-06-12 · Updated 2018-08-03 · CVE-2018-5844

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 in the video driver function set output buffers(), where binfo can be accessed after being freed in a failure scenario. This affects all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.

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

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5844

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 3

• https://codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/05/11/may-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin-2 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5844 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-05-01 · Note