CVE Vulnerability

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.

6.9 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

7 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin Third Party Advisory
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.9/commit/?id=34742aaf7cb16c95edba4a7afed6d2c4fa7e434b Third Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-07-01 Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/073c516ff73557a8f7315066856c04b50383ac34 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=073c516ff73557a8f7315066856c04b50383ac34 Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-07-06 07:29

Updated : 2018-08-29 01:49

NVD link : CVE-2018-5873

Mitre link : CVE-2018-5873

Products Affected

Linux

Linux Kernel

CWE
CWE-362

CWE-416