PT-2018-19024 · Google · Android Kernel

Published 2018-12-07 · Updated 2019-01-08 · CVE-2018-9519

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android kernel

Description The issue is related to a possible out of bounds write due to a race condition in the easelcomm hw build scatterlist function. This could lead to local escalation of privilege, with System privileges required for exploitation. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android kernel, consider applying a patch to fix the race condition in the easelcomm hw build scatterlist function to prevent out of bounds write and potential local escalation of privilege.

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-9519

Affected Products

Android Kernel

References · 6

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-09-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9519 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-9519 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-9519 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-9519 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/android-linux-stable/wahoo/commit/4c39f5fbf3be421b4ac9b389c05b22042d51548a · Note