PT-2018-17229 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2018-09-19 · Updated 2018-11-08 · CVE-2018-5905

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.4

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description: A race condition exists while accessing the number of clients in DIAG services, which can lead to out of boundary access. This issue affects Android releases, including Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android, all of which use the Linux kernel.

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

Race Condition

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5905

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5905 · Security Note
• https://codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/09/04/september-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin · Patch
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-08-01#qualcomm-components · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=6eb2f4f6fde1b210712d6ac66b40b9e7684d77db · Patch
• http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000051163 · Note