CVE-2018-5873
An issue was discovered in the __ns_get_path function in fs/nsfs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11. Due to a race condition when accessing files, a Use After Free condition can occur. This also affects all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-07-05.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 7.0 High
- Status
- Modified - product-security@qualcomm.com
- Published
- 2018-07-06
- Last modified
- 2024-09-17
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362, CWE-416
Affected products
- Android (Google)
- Linux Kernel (Linux)
- Android For Msm (Qualcomm Inc.)
- Firefox Os For Msm (Qualcomm Inc.)
- Qrd Android (Qualcomm Inc.)
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=073c516ff73557a8f7315066856c04b50383ac34
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/073c516ff73557a8f7315066856c04b50383ac34
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-07-01
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.9/commit/?id=34742aaf7cb16c95edba4a7afed6d2c4fa7e434b
- https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin
