PT-2018-17218 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2018-07-06 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-5890

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 versions prior to security patch level 2018-06-05

Description: The issue concerns a bypass of an error check for a valid device tree in Android releases using the Linux kernel. This occurs when the fdt totalsize is reported as 0 for the current device tree. The problem affects Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android.

Recommendations: For versions prior to the security patch level 2018-06-05, apply the security patch to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5890

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 3

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-06-01#qualcomm-components · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/abl/tianocore/edk2/commit/?id=c9c8de8000ff32f8d1e24e697d861d92d8ed0b7a · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5890 · Security Note