PT-2018-6008 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2018-06-12 · Updated 2018-08-01 · CVE-2017-15843

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 in a bus driver can cause a double free in the msm bus floor vote context() function. This issue potentially affects all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.

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

Race Condition

Double Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

CWE-415

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-15843

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15843 · Security Note
• https://codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/05/11/may-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin-2 · Patch
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-05-01 · Note