PT-2018-17190 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2018-07-06 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-5855

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to security patch level 2018-07-05

Description: A buffer over-read can potentially occur while padding or shrinking a nested WMI packet in the Linux kernel. This issue affects all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel before the security patch level 2018-07-05.

Recommendations: For versions prior to the security patch level 2018-07-05, update to a version that includes the security patch level 2018-07-05 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5855

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 5

• https://codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin · Patch
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-07-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qca-wifi-host-cmn/commit/?id=61f4a467177afc23bdc1944ec61e52bed156c104 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5855 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/107770 · Note