PT-2018-17183 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2018-06-06 · Updated 2018-07-17 · CVE-2018-5845

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.6

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Description: A race condition in the drm atomic nonblocking commit() function in the display driver can potentially lead to a Use After Free scenario. This issue 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.

Race Condition

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5845

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 3

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-05-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/05/11/may-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin-2 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5845 · Security Note