PT-2018-17234 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2018-11-27 · Updated 2018-12-21 · CVE-2018-5910

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: A memory corruption issue can occur in the kernel due to an improper check in the callers count parameter in display handlers. This issue affects all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel.

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

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5910

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 4

• https://codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/11/05/november-2018-code-aurora-forum-security-bulletin · Patch
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=d9344c2f4b60cf5d4c747c11f3cb0b6f1558db78 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5910 · Security Note
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=b67e04e3696f05411b7434c8b194895d273b00c5 · Patch